Description of problem: Just run 'emacs -nw'. This command hangs, consuming 100% of CPU. The last message printed at the bottom of the screen (may not be relevant) is: Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/rpmdev-init.el Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): emacs-23.3-13.fc17.x86_64 rpmdevtools-8.2-1.fc16.noarch How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. emacs -nw 2. 3. Actual results: Hangs, consuming 100% CPU. Expected results: Should start up emacs. Additional info: Ordinary graphical emacs (no -nw option) works fine.
A gdb stack trace taken during the hang. I'm not sure how relevant this is to anything. #0 xg_select (max_fds=4, rfds=0x7fff4f931fd0, wfds=0x0, efds=0x0, timeout= 0x7fff4f932220) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/xgselect.c:58 #1 0x000000000059cd3b in wait_reading_process_output (time_limit=1, microsecs= 998615, read_kbd=<optimized out>, do_display=1, wait_for_cell=11690546, wait_proc=0x0, just_wait_proc=0) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/process.c:4981 #2 0x00000000004f0049 in kbd_buffer_get_event (end_time=0x7fff4f9326c0, used_mouse_menu=0x0, kbp=read_sleb128: Corrupted DWARF expression. ) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/keyboard.c:4177 #3 read_char (commandflag=0, nmaps=0, maps=0x0, prev_event=11690642, used_mouse_menu=0x0, end_time=0x7fff4f9326c0) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/keyboard.c:3081 #4 0x000000000057a97d in read_filtered_event (no_switch_frame=0, ascii_required=0, error_nonascii=0, input_method=0, seconds=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/lread.c:720 #5 0x0000000000559a59 in Ffuncall (nargs=4, args=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/eval.c:3037 #6 0x0000000000593f53 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=<optimized out>, vector=<optimized out>, maxdepth=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/bytecode.c:680 #7 0x000000000055954b in funcall_lambda (fun=15751381, nargs=<optimized out>, arg_vector=0x7fff4f932978) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/eval.c:3220 #8 0x00000000005598ab in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0x7fff4f932970) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/eval.c:3088 #9 0x0000000000593f53 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=<optimized out>, vector=<optimized out>, maxdepth=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/bytecode.c:680 #10 0x000000000055954b in funcall_lambda (fun=8976317, nargs=<optimized out>, arg_vector=0x7fff4f932b28) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/eval.c:3220 #11 0x00000000005598ab in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0x7fff4f932b20) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/eval.c:3088 #12 0x0000000000593f53 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=<optimized out>, vector=<optimized out>, maxdepth=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/bytecode.c:680 #13 0x000000000055954b in funcall_lambda (fun=9069213, nargs=<optimized out>, arg_vector=0x7fff4f932cf8) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/eval.c:3220 #14 0x00000000005598ab in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0x7fff4f932cf0) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/eval.c:3088 #15 0x0000000000593f53 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=<optimized out>, vector=<optimized out>, maxdepth=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/bytecode.c:680 #16 0x000000000055954b in funcall_lambda (fun=9063157, nargs=<optimized out>, arg_vector=0x7fff4f932e20) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/eval.c:3220 #17 0x000000000055b616 in apply_lambda (fun=9063157, args=<optimized out>, eval_flag=1) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/eval.c:3143 #18 0x0000000000558ceb in Feval (form=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-23.3/src/eval.c:2410 [...]
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 752936 ***