Crash of GNU Emacs 21.3.50 on Linux

[Alex Ott]

Symptoms:

Sometimes GNU Emacs from CVS crash after long run - one-two days.
Usually this happens when i use gnus on large groups, or rebuild
gnus's spam-stat database.

here is backtrace of GNU Emacs on crash:

#0  0x471f56f1 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0  0x471f56f1 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x0811ce81 in fatal_error_signal (sig=5634) at emacs.c:395
#2  <signal handler called>
#3  0x4ba1cd87 in XFreeGC () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
#4  0x4be443a2 in gdk_x11_font_get_name () from /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#5  0x476e68dc in g_object_unref () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#6  0x4be2cafb in gdk_screen_get_type () from /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#7  0x4be4e9d4 in gdk_screen_set_default_colormap () from 
/usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#8  0x476e6a0f in g_object_run_dispose () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#9  0x4be2cbc7 in gdk_screen_get_type () from /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#10 0x4be37608 in gdk_x11_display_ungrab () from /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#11 0x476e6a0f in g_object_run_dispose () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#12 0x4be18224 in gdk_display_close () from /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#13 0x080fde43 in x_connection_closed (dpy=0x8671620,
    error_message=0xbfffc770 "X protocol error: BadWindow (invalid Window 
parameter) on protocol request 18") at xterm.c:7767
#14 0x080fe33d in x_error_handler (display=0x8671620, error=0xbfffca30) at 
xterm.c:7842  
#15 0x4ba36d90 in _XError () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
#16 0x4ba38570 in _XEventsQueued () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
#17 0x4ba28cc9 in XPending () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
#18 0x4be3f6fd in gdk_x11_drawable_get_xid () from /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#19 0x4be41f51 in gdk_event_get_graphics_expose () from 
/usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#20 0x475b435f in g_main_context_prepare () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#21 0x475b4cf0 in g_main_context_acquire () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#22 0x475b5534 in g_main_context_pending () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#23 0x4bc5184d in gtk_events_pending () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#24 0x080fe149 in XTread_socket (sd=0, expected=1, hold_quit=0xbfffe5d0) at 
xterm.c:7142
#25 0x08124cf2 in read_avail_input (expected=1) at keyboard.c:6675
#26 0x08124eb2 in handle_async_input () at keyboard.c:6817
#27 0x081082eb in x_handle_selection_request (event=0x1) at xselect.c:749
#28 0x0812527b in swallow_events (do_display=0) at keyboard.c:4216
#29 0x0812603d in read_char (commandflag=1, nmaps=5, maps=0xbfffeaa0,
    prev_event=138436697, used_mouse_menu=0xbfffeb08) at keyboard.c:2523
#30 0x08128dfd in read_key_sequence (keybuf=0xbfffec30, bufsize=30, 
prompt=138436697,
    dont_downcase_last=0, can_return_switch_frame=1, fix_current_buffer=1)
    at keyboard.c:8820
#31 0x0812a8cb in command_loop_1 () at keyboard.c:1525
#32 0x0817cf32 in internal_condition_case (bfun=0x812a71c <command_loop_1>,
    handlers=138497633, hfun=0x81242f0 <cmd_error>) at eval.c:1346
#33 0x0811ea2e in command_loop_2 () at keyboard.c:1306
#34 0x0817ce41 in internal_catch (tag=0, func=0x811ea10 <command_loop_2>, 
arg=138436697) at eval.c:1107
#35 0x0811e83d in command_loop () at keyboard.c:1285
#36 0x0811e8d7 in recursive_edit_1 () at keyboard.c:978
#37 0x0811e9d2 in Frecursive_edit () at keyboard.c:1039
#38 0x0811ddd4 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff204) at emacs.c:1687



In GNU Emacs 21.3.50.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.4.9)
 of 2004-09-06 on seal.service.jet.msk.su
configured using `configure '--prefix=/usr' '--with-gtk''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: ru_RU.koi8r
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: C
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: ru_RU.koi8r
  locale-coding-system: cyrillic-koi8
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Group

Minor modes in effect:
  gnus-topic-mode: t
  gnus-undo-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  delete-selection-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  erc-services-mode: t
  erc-log-mode: t
  desktop-save-mode: t
  erc-autojoin-mode: t
  erc-button-mode: t
  erc-ring-mode: t
  erc-pcomplete-mode: t
  erc-track-mode: t
  erc-fill-mode: t
  erc-netsplit-mode: t
  erc-smiley-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t
  utf-translate-cjk-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
SPC j , o t u j SPC j g b c f y b z <return> <up> <end> 
SPC l k z SPC n j <backspace> <backspace> a t l j n 
j d f & SPC z SPC t u <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <down> <return> C-c C-a w o <tab> C <tab> 
C e n <tab> C-\ C G <tab> <tab> <tab> K <backspace> 
J , <tab> <return> <return> <return> <return> C-\ C-c 
C-c M-x g n u s <tab> - b <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> C-g 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> 
<help-menu> <report-emacs-bug>

Recent messages:
250 OK
250 Accepted
354 Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself
250 OK id=1C5P3s-0001RY-CD
221 tiger.jet.su closing connection
Wrote /home/ott/Mail/sent/14503
Sending...done
call-interactively: Text is read-only
Quit [2 times]
Loading emacsbug...done


-- 
With best wishes, Alex Ott
Jet Infosystems,       http://www.jetinfosoft.ru/
                       +7 (095) 411 76 01