Sporadic segmentation faults

[Klaus Zeitler]

Since yesterday I had 4 crashes. All of them looked alike.
Here's a backtrace:

#0  0xfeb9feb4 in _libc_kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
#1  0x000e452c in fatal_error_signal (sig=11) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/emacs.c:430
#2  <signal handler called>
#3  0x000c0cc8 in handle_one_xevent (dpyinfo=0x489e00, eventp=0xffbebb90, 
finish=0xffbebb5c, hold_quit=0xffbecc98) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/xterm.c:6086
#4  0x000c2298 in XTread_socket (sd=0, expected=1, hold_quit=0xffbecc98) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/xterm.c:7034
#5  0x000ef7d4 in read_avail_input (expected=1) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/keyboard.c:6716
#6  0x000efa04 in handle_async_input () at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/keyboard.c:6862
#7  0x000efa44 in input_available_signal (signo=22) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/keyboard.c:6904
#8  <signal handler called>
#9  0xfeb9d8cc in _poll () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
#10 0xfeb4d548 in select () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
#11 0x001822e8 in wait_reading_process_output (time_limit=3, microsecs=0, 
read_kbd=1, do_display=1, wait_for_cell=3459073, wait_proc=0x0, 
just_wait_proc=0) at /vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/process.c:4502
#12 0x000504f0 in sit_for (sec=3, usec=0, reading=0, display=1, 
initial_display=1) at /vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/dispnew.c:6421
#13 0x0014ffd0 in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0xffbed628) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/eval.c:2908
#14 0x0017b3c8 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=-4270552, vector=17801992, maxdepth=16) 
at /vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/bytecode.c:694
#15 0x00150360 in funcall_lambda (fun=17566724, nargs=0, arg_vector=0xffbed7c4) 
at /vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/eval.c:3089
#16 0x0014fe64 in Ffuncall (nargs=0, args=0xffbed7c0) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/eval.c:2957
#17 0x0017b3c8 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=-4270144, vector=17801736, maxdepth=32) 
at /vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/bytecode.c:694
#18 0x00150360 in funcall_lambda (fun=17565924, nargs=0, arg_vector=0xffbeda08) 
at /vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/eval.c:3089
#19 0x0014fe64 in Ffuncall (nargs=0, args=0xffbeda04) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/eval.c:2957
#20 0x0014f994 in run_hook_with_args (nargs=1, args=0xffbeda04, 
cond=to_completion) at /vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/eval.c:2565
#21 0x0014f858 in Frun_hooks (nargs=1, args=0xffbedb0c) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/eval.c:2428
#22 0x0014ffb4 in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0xffbedb08) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/eval.c:2905
#23 0x0014fbc4 in call1 (fn=3555193, arg1=3508321) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/eval.c:2687
#24 0x0014e1c0 in internal_condition_case (bfun=0xe8fdc <safe_run_hooks_1>, 
handlers=3459121, hfun=0xe8ff8 <safe_run_hooks_error>) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/eval.c:1474
#25 0x000e9084 in safe_run_hooks (hook=3459121) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/keyboard.c:2064
#26 0x000e7858 in command_loop_1 () at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/keyboard.c:1810
#27 0x0014e1c0 in internal_condition_case (bfun=0xe73d8 <command_loop_1>, 
handlers=3523185, hfun=0xe6e24 <cmd_error>) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/eval.c:1474
#28 0x000e71a8 in command_loop_2 () at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/keyboard.c:1328
#29 0x0014dc6c in internal_catch (tag=3517441, func=0xe7184 <command_loop_2>, 
arg=3459073) at /vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/eval.c:1212
#30 0x000e7134 in command_loop () at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/keyboard.c:1307
#31 0x000e6b68 in recursive_edit_1 () at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/keyboard.c:1000
#32 0x000e6cc4 in Frecursive_edit () at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/keyboard.c:1061
#33 0x000e5a30 in main (argc=0, argv=0xffbee264) at 
/vol/freeware/cvs/emacs/head/emacs/src/emacs.c:1789



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