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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!mimbres.cs.unm.edu!unmvax!uservx.plk.af.mil!simonich
  2. From: simonich@uservx.plk.af.mil
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
  4. Subject: Problem w/P4 and EMACS
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov10.100403.36440@uservx.plk.af.mil>
  6. Date: 10 Nov 92 10:04:03 GMT
  7. Organization: Phillips Laboratory - Kirtland AFB
  8. Lines: 29
  9.  
  10. My configuration:
  11.  
  12.                  386SX/387
  13.                  Adaptec 1542 SCSI I/O
  14.                  0.98 + patch1 + patch2 + patch3 + patch4
  15.                    w/o math, w tcp, C-A-D and num-lock disabled
  16.                  logitec busmouse
  17.                  trident 8900b VGA
  18.  
  19. The problem (under patch4 only):
  20.  
  21.             emacs
  22.  
  23. yields the results that emacs starts normally including displaying
  24. the copyright screen but then immediatly fails leaving
  25.  
  26.            IOT trap/Abort
  27.  
  28. on the console.
  29.  
  30. Patch 3 and before work correctly.
  31.  
  32. Hope this is enough info to track the problem.
  33.  
  34. Thanks
  35.  
  36. Steve Harrington
  37.  
  38.        
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