Re: hork point in ~/.emacs: -Q and --debug outputs in terminal & *Messages*

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: ken <gebser@mousecar.com>
> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 08:08:43 -0400
> 
> >> Loading loadup.el (source)...
> >> dump mode: nil
> >   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > This indicates that Emacs cannot find the emacs.pdmp file.  You should
> > fix this problem before you continue investigating any further
> > problems, because when Emacs doesn't find its dump file, all kinds of
> > weird problems can happen.  So everything you said until now is more
> > or less unimportant, until you resolve the problem with the emacs.pdmp
> > file.
> 
> Thanks, but I know nothing at all about this file, never heard of it. 
> Looking for it:
> 
> "locate emacs.pdmp" returns nothing.
> 
> "rpm -ql emacs|grep emacs.pdmp" returns nothing.
> 
> So it appears I don't have it and never did.

Very strange.  Once Emacs starts, if you type

  M-x report-emacs-bug RET

what do you see in the buffer that Emacs pops?  Please post all of its
contents.

> Are these permissions etc. correct?
> 
> # ls -ld /var/games/emacs
> drwxrwx--- 1 games games 50 Aug 16 15:50 /var/games/emacs

maybe, but the problem with this directory doesn't seem to be related
to your main problems.