Re: emacs 21.2 crashes immediately (new build on Intel/Solaris 8)

[Richard Stallman]

    (dbx) where
    =>[1] strcpy(0x851c600, 0x485d6e00), at 0xdf7ccd82
      [2] set_lface_from_font_name(f = 0x851c600, lface = 1214082560, fontname 
= 944929972, force_p = 1, may_fail_p = 1), line 3162 in "xfaces.c"
      [3] realize_default_face(f = 0x851c600), line 6124 in "xfaces.c"
      [4] realize_basic_faces(f = 0x851c600), line 6064 in "xfaces.c"
      [5] update_face_from_frame_parameter(f = 0x851c600, param = 406016508, 
new_value = 944930228), line 4275 in "xfaces.c"

Would you please investigate the data being used in these innermost 
frames, to see what invalid data caused the crash?

I recommend you use GDB so that the special commands for debugging
Emacs can work.  Also please read etc/DEBUG.