[Bug: 21.4.18] can't run gnus in XEmacs tty mode

Mike Kupfer mike.kupfer at sun.com
Sun Feb 19 17:25:36 EST 2006


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Dear Bug Team!

I just tried running gnus in tty mode (xemacs -nw), and it quit during
startup with

No such face: gnus-splash-face

I'm left with a writable *Group* buffer that contains the usual
ASCII-art gnu.

This happens with "xemacs -vanilla -nw", too.

I hope this is easier to fix than my codeset problem! :-)

(For the gnus folks, this is the same version of gnus as for my
codeset bug report.  XEmacs package 1.87, roughly gnus 5.10.7.)

stack-trace-on-error yields:

  # bind (standard-output stack-trace-on-signal debug-on-signal stack-trace-on-error debug-on-error)
  put-text-property(1 786 face gnus-splash-face)
  # bind (y x)
  gnus-group-startup-message()
  # bind (buffer-read-only)
  # (unwind-protect ...)
  gnus-splash()
  # bind (slave dont-connect arg)
  gnus-1(nil nil nil)
  # bind (slave dont-connect arg)
  gnus(nil)
  # bind (command-debug-status)
  call-interactively(gnus)
  command-execute(gnus t)
  # bind (_execute_command_keys_ _execute_command_name_ prefix-arg)
  execute-extended-command(nil)
  # bind (command-debug-status)
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command)
  # (condition-case ... . error)
  # (catch top-level ...)



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System Info to help track down your bug:
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uname -a: SunOS athyra 5.11 snv_31 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-2500

./configure 


XEmacs 21.4.18 "Social Property" configured for `sparc-sun-solaris2.11'.


Compilation / Installation:
  Source code location:              /home/kupfer/src/xemacs-21.4.18
  Installation prefix:               /usr/local
  Runtime library search path:       /usr/ccs/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/sfw/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.11/3.4.3/../../..:/usr/sfw/lib
  Operating system description file: `s/sol2.h'
  Machine description file:          `m/sparc.h'
  Compiler:                          gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes -Wsign-compare -fno-strict-aliasing -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith
  Compiler version:                  gcc (GCC) 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-20050802)
  Compiler specs file:               /usr/sfw/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.11/3.4.3/specs
  Relocating allocator for buffers:  yes
  GNU version of malloc:             yes
  libc:                              SUNWcsl 11.11,REV=2006.01.03.01.17

Window System:
  Compiling in support for the X window system:
    - X Windows headers location:                 /usr/X11/include
    - X Windows libraries location:               /usr/openwin/lib
    - Handling WM_COMMAND properly.
  Compiling in support for Motif.
  *WARNING*  Many versions of Motif are buggy, requiring workarounds.
             You are likely to experience slow redisplay.
             You may need to install vendor patches to Motif.
             See PROBLEMS for more information.
  Using Lucid menubars.
  Using Lucid scrollbars.
  Using Motif dialog boxes.

TTY:

Images:
  Compiling in support for GIF  images (builtin).
  Compiling in support for XPM  images.
  Compiling in support for PNG  images.
  Compiling in support for JPEG images.
  Compiling in support for TIFF images.

Sound:

Databases:
  Compiling in support for DBM.
  Compiling in support for LDAP.

Internationalization:

Mail:
  Compiling in support for "dot-locking" mail spool file locking method.

Other Features:
  Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup.
  Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules.



Load-Path Lisp Shadows:
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(/home/kupfer/.xemacs/site-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-gnus
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-gnus
/home/kupfer/.xemacs/site-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-loaddefs
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-loaddefs
/home/kupfer/.xemacs/site-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-utils
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-utils
/home/kupfer/.xemacs/site-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-speed
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-speed
/home/kupfer/.xemacs/site-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-seq
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-seq
/home/kupfer/.xemacs/site-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-junk
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-junk
/home/kupfer/.xemacs/site-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-identity
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-identity
/home/kupfer/.xemacs/site-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-inc
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-inc
/home/kupfer/.xemacs/site-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-mime
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-mime
/home/kupfer/.xemacs/site-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-funcs
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-funcs
/home/kupfer/.xemacs/site-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-e
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-e
/home/kupfer/.xemacs/site-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-comp
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-comp
/home/kupfer/.xemacs/site-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-alias
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/mh-e/mh-alias
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/build/build-report
/net/athyra/usr/local/lib/xemacs-21.4.18/lisp/build-report)


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(xwem ver: 1.21 upstream: lg at xwem.org--2005/xwem--main--2.1--versionfix-1)
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(xetla ver: 1.0 upstream: steve at eicq.org--2005/xetla--main--1.0--version-0)
(xemacs-devel ver: 1.72 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
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(vm ver: 7.22 upstream: 7.17)
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(mine ver: 1.16 upstream: 1.9)
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(mailcrypt ver: 2.14 upstream: 3.5.8)
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(Sun ver: 1.16 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(latin-unity ver: 1.16 upstream: 1.16)
(latin-euro-standards ver: 1.07 upstream: 1.07)



Installed Modules:
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Features:
--------

(xemacsbug shadow gnus-start gnus-spec gnus-int gnus-range message mml
mml-sec mml-smime smime dig mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mailcap lpr
mail-parse rfc2045 rfc2231 rfc2047 qp ietf-drums mail-abbrevs sendmail
rfc822 mailheader canlock sha1 hex-util gnus-win efs-cu cus-edit
cus-load regexp-opt executable gnus gnus-ems gnus-xmas messagexmas
nnheader nnheaderxm gnus-util netrc time-date mail-utils mm-util
mail-prsvr wid-edit mh-compat mh-buffers mh-xemacs mh-acros
mh-loaddefs mh-autoloads pending-del xcscope cus-face vc ring vc-hooks
zenirc-autoloads xwem-autoloads xslt-process-autoloads
xslide-autoloads xlib-autoloads xetla-autoloads xemacs-devel-autoloads
xemacs-base-autoloads x-symbol-autoloads w3-autoloads vm-autoloads
viper-autoloads view-process-autoloads vhdl-autoloads vc-cc-autoloads
vc-autoloads tramp-autoloads tpu-autoloads tooltalk-autoloads
tm-autoloads time-autoloads textools-autoloads text-modes-autoloads
texinfo-autoloads supercite-autoloads strokes-autoloads
speedbar-autoloads sounds-wav-autoloads sounds-au-autoloads
sml-mode-autoloads slider-autoloads sieve-autoloads
sh-script-autoloads sgml-autoloads semantic-autoloads scheme-autoloads
sasl-autoloads ruby-modes-autoloads rmail-autoloads riece-autoloads
reftex-autoloads re-builder-autoloads python-modes-autoloads
psgml-dtds-autoloads psgml-autoloads ps-print-autoloads
prog-modes-autoloads pgg-autoloads perl-modes-autoloads
pcomplete-autoloads pcl-cvs-autoloads pc-autoloads os-utils-autoloads
oo-browser-autoloads ocaml-autoloads net-utils-autoloads
mmm-mode-autoloads misc-games-autoloads mine-autoloads mh-e-autoloads
mew-autoloads mailcrypt-autoloads mail-lib-autoloads liece-autoloads
jde-autoloads ispell-autoloads ilisp-autoloads igrep-autoloads
idlwave-autoloads ibuffer-autoloads hyperbole-autoloads
hm--html-menus-autoloads haskell-mode-autoloads gnus-autoloads
gnats-autoloads general-docs-autoloads games-autoloads
fsf-compat-autoloads frame-icon-autoloads fortran-modes-autoloads
forms-autoloads footnote-autoloads eudc-autoloads eterm-autoloads
ess-autoloads eshell-autoloads escreen-autoloads erc-autoloads
emerge-autoloads elib-autoloads eieio-autoloads efs-autoloads
edt-autoloads edit-utils-autoloads ediff-autoloads edebug-autoloads
ecrypto-autoloads ecb-autoloads docbookide-autoloads dired-autoloads
dictionary-autoloads debug-autoloads crisp-autoloads cookie-autoloads
clearcase-autoloads cc-mode-autoloads calendar-autoloads
calc-autoloads c-support-autoloads build-autoloads bbdb-autoloads
auctex-autoloads apel-autoloads ada-autoloads Sun-autoloads
latin-unity-autoloads lisp-autoloads loadhist auto-show fontl-hooks
x-iso8859-1 gutter-items menubar-items x-menubar mode-motion mouse
itimer auto-save lisp-mode easymenu iso8859-1 page buff-menu
lib-complete help-nomule cus-file derived frame text-props obsolete
cus-start custom widget cl-extra mini-cl cl cl-19 packages backquote
very-early-lisp lucid-scrollbars cut-buffer lucid-menubars
motif-dialogs x c-balloon-help tty-frames tty toolbar scrollbar
unix-processes multicast network-streams subprocesses modules
menu-accelerator-support menubar dbm md5 xemacs gutter tiff png gif
jpeg xpm xbm lisp-float-type usg-unix-v dialog devices window-system
base64)


Recent keystrokes:
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n o RET n o RET ESC x g n u s RET ESC x m d k C-w r 
e p o r t - x e SPC b SPC RET


Recent messages (most recent first):
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Parsing /home/kupfer/.mailrc... done
Parsing /home/kupfer/.mailrc...
Loading xemacsbug...done
Loading xemacsbug...
No such face: gnus-splash-face
Loading gnus-start...done
Loading gnus-start...
Attempt to save to a file which you aren't allowed to write
Loading efs-cu...done
Loading efs-cu...
Note: file is write protected
Loading cus-edit...done
Loading customization dependencies...done
Loading customization dependencies...
Loading cus-edit...
Error in init file: Wrong type argument: number-char-or-marker-p, nil
Loading regexp-opt...done
Loading regexp-opt...
Loading executable...done
Loading executable...





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