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23.0.92; anything.el causes BSOD on vista64 dual-processor |
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Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:09:19 -0700 |
Running "M-x anything" with anything.el, then
pressing tab and enter
causes Vista 64 to BSOD with a "Second processor
failed to respond to
clock interrupt in time" error. I am running on a dual
quad-core system.
I have hit this problem in ERC as well, so I know
it is not related
entirely to anything.el. It is simply easier to reproduce
consistently
on anything.el. This problem does not occur with
22.3.
(As a software developer myself, I understand how
ridiculously esoteric
this bug is and that the OS shouldn't panic from a
user-land process. I
understand if this doesn't get fixed. I thought I'd
report it anyway.
If I can help provide more information (maybe there is some
triage of
version 23 features I could do, given the option names), feel free
to
ask (erikcharlebois@gmail.com).)
In GNU Emacs 23.0.92.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.0.6001)
of 2009-03-30 on
SOFT-MJASON
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version
6.0.6001
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'
Important settings:
value of $LC_ALL: nil
value of $LC_COLLATE:
nil
value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
value of
$LC_MONETARY: nil
value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
value of $LC_TIME:
nil
value of $LANG: ENU
value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
locale-coding-system: cp1252
default-enable-multibyte-characters: t
Major mode: Lisp Interaction
Minor modes in effect:
yas/minor-mode: t
desktop-save-mode:
t
savehist-mode: t
show-paren-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
file-name-shadow-mode: t
global-font-lock-mode: t
font-lock-mode:
t
global-auto-composition-mode: t
auto-composition-mode: t
auto-encryption-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
column-number-mode:
t
line-number-mode: t
transient-mark-mode: t
Recent input:
M-x g C-g M-x e m a c s - <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> r e p o r t - e
m <tab> <return>
Recent messages:
Building completion list of all manual
topics...
Loading c:/Users/Erik Charlebois/.emacs.d/kuler-colors.el
(source)...done
Loading c:/Users/Erik
Charlebois/.emacs.d/cedet-1.0pre6/common/cedet.el (source)...
Outdated
speedbar 1.0 shadowed to meet minimum version 1.0.2
Setting up CEDET
packages...
Loading `dframe': old-style backquotes detected!
Setting up
CEDET packages...done
Loading c:/Users/Erik
Charlebois/.emacs.d/cedet-1.0pre6/common/cedet.el (source)...done
No desktop
file.
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h
C-a.
Quit
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Erik Charlebois
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Re: bug#2956: 23.0.92; anything.el causes BSOD on vista64 dual-processor |
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Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:31:26 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
>> > The fact (if it is a fact) that a problem manifests itself only on
>> > Vista does not necessarily mean there's no bug in Emacs, especially
>> > since the variety of different systems on which Emacs is routinely
>> > tested is so small. Some positive evidence is required to deduce that
>> > the bug is in the underlying OS. Do you have such an evidence?
>> An unprivileged process able to crash the OS is always a bug in the OS.
> Please re-read what I wrote: I also said that this doesn't necessarily
> mean there's no bug in Emacs.
We know for a fact that there are many bugs in Emacs, so there's no risk
of me thinking that "there's no bug in Emacs" ;-)
> We don't care about Vista bugs here, but I think we do care about Emacs.
Indeed. But he described a bug in Vista, which happens to appear to be
triggered by something in Emacs. Since we don't know what is that thing
in Emacs that triggers the bug, we can't even decide if it's itself
a bug or not. We have plenty of real confirmed bugs not to worry about
this one until Vista gets fixed. And I already mentioned a good "fix".
Stefan
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