[11553] in Athena Bugs
emacs tty lossage on RS6K
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (cdemello@MIT.EDU)
Mon Dec 20 10:35:12 1993
From: cdemello@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 93 10:35:09 -0500
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Hi,
The user seth had the following problem which he report in OLC and no
solution could be found:
Topic: emacs
Question:
I often use emacs on an RS/6000 in no-windows mode. That is,
I start emacs -nw in an xterm or from a remote tty login. Frequently,
when I type say ^x, the emacs responds "Fatal Error (23)", and the emacs
will not accept commands. What causes this? Is there a fix? It's very
annoying.
Machine info:
Processor: IBM RS6000
Display : POWER_Gt1
Memory : 24576 K
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--- Question grabbed by consultant pelkofer@MOMONEY.MIT.EDU [0].
[Thu 02-Dec-93 11:10am]
*** Reply from consultant pelkofer@MOMONEY.MIT.EDU [0].
[Thu 02-Dec-93 11:11am]
Hi.
I'm not sure right off what is causing that. Can you get this to happen
without a .emacs file? Is it possible that its something in your
customizations?
Frank J. Pelkofer
Athena Consultant
--- User sethf read reply.
[Thu 02-Dec-93 11:13am]
*** Reply from user sethf@FRUMIOUS-BANDERSNATCH.MIT.EDU [0].
[Thu 02-Dec-93 11:14am]
I doubt it has anything to do with .emacs because
1) It ONLY happens on RS/6000
2) It happens in some windows or ttys, but not others
*** Reply from consultant pelkofer@MOMONEY.MIT.EDU [0].
[Thu 02-Dec-93 11:45am]
hmm... can you reproduce this behavior consistently, then? I'd suggest
logging in without any customizations, reproducing the error, and then,
if you can, send in a bug report about it.
Sorry for the delay in responding...
--- User sethf read reply.
[Thu 02-Dec-93 11:45am]
*** Reply from user sethf@FRUMIOUS-BANDERSNATCH.MIT.EDU [0].
[Thu 02-Dec-93 11:47am]
Yes. If it happens in one window or tty, it will ALWAYS happen
in that particular one. I have to start another to be able to use emacs.
*** Reply from consultant pelkofer@MOMONEY.MIT.EDU [0].
[Thu 02-Dec-93 11:50am]
hmm... I can't think of any reason why that would be happening.
--- User sethf read reply.
[Thu 02-Dec-93 11:50am]
*** Reply from consultant pelkofer@MOMONEY.MIT.EDU [0].
[Thu 02-Dec-93 12:50pm]
Sorry I couldn't help you out. I'll forward your question to the next
available consultant.
--- Question forwarded by pelkofer to pending.
[Thu 02-Dec-93 12:50pm]
*** Reply from user sethf@FRUMIOUS-BANDERSNATCH.MIT.EDU [0].
[Thu 02-Dec-93 5:32pm]
I just tried reproducing with the -q option (emacs -nw -q). The -q
makes absolutely no difference.
--- Question grabbed by sipb_volunteer tlyu@DRAGONS-LAIR.MIT.EDU [0].
[Mon 06-Dec-93 11:28pm]
*** Reply from sipb_volunteer tlyu@DRAGONS-LAIR.MIT.EDU [0].
[Mon 06-Dec-93 11:29pm]
Hi Seth....
I think that ^X is the default "quit" character, instead of ^\, which it
is on BSDish systems. The appropriate stty command might do the trick.
-------------------------
Tom Yu
SIPB volunteer consultant
*** Reply from user sethf@FRUMIOUS-BANDERSNATCH.MIT.EDU [0].
[Mon 06-Dec-93 11:45pm]
Doesn't seem to be the case:
speed 9600 baud; rows 24; columns 80;
intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^?; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = ^@;
*** Reply from sipb_volunteer tlyu@DRAGONS-LAIR.MIT.EDU [0].
[Mon 06-Dec-93 11:49pm]
sorry, I have no clue, then. I'm guessing weird pty lossage, but I'm
not sure yet.
--- User sethf read reply.
[Mon 06-Dec-93 11:50pm]
*** Reply from sipb_volunteer tlyu@DRAGONS-LAIR.MIT.EDU [0].
[Tue 07-Dec-93 12:04am]
I have to go now, so I will forward your question for someone else to
answer later.
--- Description changed by sipb_volunteer tlyu@DRAGONS-LAIR.MIT.EDU [0].
[Tue 07-Dec-93 12:05am]
emacs quits with fatal error on ^X; pty lossage?
--- Question forwarded by tlyu to pending.
[Tue 07-Dec-93 12:05am]
--- User sethf read reply.
[Tue 07-Dec-93 12:05am]
*** Reply from user sethf@FRUMIOUS-BANDERSNATCH.MIT.EDU [0].
[Tue 07-Dec-93 12:05am]
OK.
--- User sethf has logged out.
[Tue 07-Dec-93 2:21am]
