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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: ken <gebser@mousecar.com>
> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 06:07:19 -0400
> 
> Output in terminal from "emacs -Q" :
> 
> Warning: game dir '/var/games/emacs': Permission denied
> 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.