emacs-w32, version 24.3.1, crashes constantly

Zdzislaw Meglicki zdzisiekm@sbcglobal.net
Thu May 1 15:14:00 GMT 2014


Emacs-w32, version 24.3.1, has been crashing constantly,
so much so I learnt how to use "recover-session." Most
recently I finally forced myself to run gdb on its sadly
expired body and listed the following stack:
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ff9174a9e3b in KERNELBASE!DebugBreak ()
from /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/KERNELBASE.dll
#1  0x000000010056f32b in emacs_abort ()
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/w32fns.c:7714
#2  0x0000000100500ac5 in set_internal (symbol=<optimized out>,
newval=25771452141, where=<optimized out>, bindflag=<optimized out>)
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/data.c:1259
#3  0x000000010054750f in exec_byte_code (bytestr=6815056, vector=4302324285,
maxdepth=5181184, args_template=4303920544, nargs=0, args=0x0)
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/bytecode.c:827
#4  0x0000000100512343 in funcall_lambda (fun=4302324197, nargs=nargs@entry=1,
arg_vector=arg_vector@entry=0x439808)
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/eval.c:3010
#5  0x000000010051267b in Ffuncall (nargs=nargs@entry=2,
args=args@entry=0x439800) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/eval.c:2839
#6  0x00000001005129dd in call1 (fn=<optimized out>,
arg1=arg1@entry=25771452141) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/eval.c:2572
#7  0x00000001004a6b34 in timer_check_2 (idle_timers=<optimized out>,
timers=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:4387
#8  timer_check () at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:4454
#9  0x00000001004a6f6a in readable_events (flags=1)
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:3351
#10 0x00000001004a7e85 in get_input_pending (flags=flags@entry=1)
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:6680
#11 0x00000001004aa2ad in detect_input_pending_run_timers (
do_display=do_display@entry=true)
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:10273
#12 0x0000000100551406 in wait_reading_process_output (
time_limit=<optimized out>, nsecs=0, read_kbd=read_kbd@entry=-1,
do_display=do_display@entry=true, wait_for_cell=4304630834,
wait_proc=wait_proc@entry=0x0, just_wait_proc=just_wait_proc@entry=0)
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/process.c:4743
#13 0x0000000100409f6a in sit_for (timeout=<optimized out>,
reading=reading@entry=true, display_option=display_option@entry=1)
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/dispnew.c:5978
#14 0x00000001004ac694 in read_char (commandflag=1, nmaps=2, maps=0x43a1c0,
prev_event=4304630834, used_mouse_menu=0x43a2e7,
end_time=end_time@entry=0x0)
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:2669
#15 0x00000001004ad463 in read_key_sequence (keybuf=keybuf@entry=0x43a430,
prompt=<optimized out>, dont_downcase_last=dont_downcase_last@entry=false,
can_return_switch_frame=can_return_switch_frame@entry=true,
fix_current_buffer=fix_current_buffer@entry=true, bufsize=30)
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:9231
#16 0x00000001004af75e in command_loop_1 ()
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:1459
#17 0x0000000100510cde in internal_condition_case (
bfun=bfun@entry=0x1004af540 <command_loop_1>, handlers=4304832354,
hfun=hfun@entry=0x1004a58a0 <cmd_error>)
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/eval.c:1289
#18 0x00000001004a09da in command_loop_2 (ignore=ignore@entry=4304630834)
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:1168
#19 0x0000000100510b9f in internal_catch (tag=<optimized out>,
func=func@entry=0x1004a09b0 <command_loop_2>, arg=4304630834)
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/eval.c:1060
#20 0x00000001004a5374 in command_loop ()
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:1147
#21 recursive_edit_1 () at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:779
#22 0x00000001004a56a7 in Frecursive_edit ()
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:843
#23 0x00000001005ab7d3 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>)
at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/emacs.c:1532

Here are my OS and Cygwin particulars:

Windows 8.1 Pro
AMD A8-5500 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
8GB memory
64-bit OS, x64-based processor
3070k 2014/02/09 C:\cygwin64\bin\cygwin1.dll
Cygwin DLL version info:
DLL version: 1.7.28
DLL epoch: 19
DLL old termios: 5
DLL malloc env: 28
Cygwin conv: 181
API major: 0
API minor: 271
Shared data: 5
DLL identifier: cygwin1
Mount registry: 3
Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
Program options name: Program Options
Installations name: Installations
Cygdrive default prefix:
Build date:
Shared id: cygwin1S5


Zdzislaw Meglicki
Bloomington, Indiana, USA

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