I got it this time. It crashed on me just a few seconds after I started it, while reading mail with rmail. This time I had the right debug info installed for this version of emacs and here is the backtrace:
============================================= (gdb) backtrace #0 0x00007ff9550c9e3b in KERNELBASE!DebugBreak () from /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/KERNELBASE.dll #1 0x000000010061a344 in emacs_abort () at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/w32fns.c:8460 #2 0x000000010057e7ce in arithcompare (num1=0, num2=4000000, comparison=ARITH_GRTR_OR_EQUAL) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/data.c:2319 #3 0x00000001005df264 in exec_byte_code (bytestr=25771187393, vector=4312129309, maxdepth=28, args_template=4305639474, nargs=0, args=0x0) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/bytecode.c:1468 #4 0x000000010059a5a0 in funcall_lambda (fun=4309134989, nargs=2, arg_vector=0x10105df1d <bss_sbrk_buffer+6847133>) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/eval.c:3049 #5 0x0000000100599d77 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0x4387d8) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/eval.c:2864 #6 0x00000001005dcaa2 in exec_byte_code (bytestr=4303067497, vector=4303067533, maxdepth=24, args_template=4305639474, nargs=0, args=0x0) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/bytecode.c:919 #7 0x000000010059a5a0 in funcall_lambda (fun=4303067373, nargs=4, arg_vector=0x1007b998d <pure+1353837>) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/eval.c:3049 #8 0x0000000100599d77 in Ffuncall (nargs=5, args=0x438d78) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/eval.c:2864 #9 0x00000001005dcaa2 in exec_byte_code (bytestr=4303067977, vector=4303068013, maxdepth=28, args_template=4305639474, nargs=0, args=0x0) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/bytecode.c:919 #10 0x000000010059a5a0 in funcall_lambda (fun=4303067917, nargs=3, arg_vector=0x1007b9b6d <pure+1354317>) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/eval.c:3049 #11 0x0000000100599d77 in Ffuncall (nargs=4, args=0x4392f8) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/eval.c:2864 #12 0x00000001005dcaa2 in exec_byte_code (bytestr=4303070921, vector=4303070957, maxdepth=20, args_template=4305639474, nargs=0, args=0x0) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/bytecode.c:919 #13 0x000000010059a5a0 in funcall_lambda (fun=4303070877, nargs=1, arg_vector=0x1007ba6ed <pure+1357261>) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/eval.c:3049 #14 0x0000000100599d77 in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0x439870) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/eval.c:2864 #15 0x00000001005994ca in call1 (fn=4305692866, arg1=4313865909) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/eval.c:2614 #16 0x0000000100506af0 in timer_check_2 (timers=25776357158, idle_timers=4305639474) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/keyboard.c:4510 #17 0x0000000100506c89 in timer_check () at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/keyboard.c:4577 #18 0x0000000100504b4b in readable_events (flags=1) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/keyboard.c:3444 #19 0x000000010050afe4 in get_input_pending (flags=1) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/keyboard.c:6761 #20 0x0000000100511142 in detect_input_pending_run_timers (do_display=true) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/keyboard.c:9884 #21 0x00000001005e9939 in wait_reading_process_output (time_limit=30, nsecs=0, read_kbd=-1, do_display=true, wait_for_cell=4305639474, wait_proc=0x0, just_wait_proc=0) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/process.c:4699 #22 0x000000010040df39 in sit_for (timeout=120, reading=true, display_option=1) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/dispnew.c:5805 #23 0x0000000100503226 in read_char (commandflag=1, map=25776355574, prev_event=4305639474, used_mouse_menu=0x43a3ff, end_time=0x0) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/keyboard.c:2806 #24 0x000000010050f622 in read_key_sequence (keybuf=0x43a610, bufsize=30, prompt=4305639474, dont_downcase_last=false, can_return_switch_frame=true, fix_current_buffer=true, prevent_redisplay=false) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/keyboard.c:9079 #25 0x00000001004ffcf3 in command_loop_1 () at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/keyboard.c:1449 #26 0x0000000100596707 in internal_condition_case ( bfun=0x1004ff821 <command_loop_1>, handlers=4305705682, hfun=0x1004fef62 <cmd_error>) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/eval.c:1354 #27 0x00000001004ff4e5 in command_loop_2 (ignore=4305639474) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/keyboard.c:1174 #28 0x0000000100595e81 in internal_catch (tag=4305695746, func=0x1004ff4b3 <command_loop_2>, arg=4305639474) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/eval.c:1118 #29 0x00000001004ff474 in command_loop () at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/keyboard.c:1153 #30 0x00000001004feadf in recursive_edit_1 () at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/keyboard.c:777 #31 0x00000001004fec83 in Frecursive_edit () at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/keyboard.c:845 #32 0x00000001004fca49 in main (argc=2, argv=0x43ab30) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3.90-1/src/emacs.c:1646 (gdb) ================================================ It did not dump the core. It just popped up the window about gdb. For completeness, here are my most recent system numbers: Windows 8.1 Pro (with the latest patches, it's up to date as of May 19th, 2014) AMD A8-5500 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 3.20 GHz 8GB memory 64-bit OS, x64-based processor 3073k 2014/04/07 C:\cygwin64\bin\cygwin1.dll Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.7.29 DLL epoch: 19 DLL old termios: 5 DLL malloc env: 28 Cygwin conv: 181 API major: 0 API minor: 272 Shared data: 5 DLL identifier: cygwin1 Mount registry: 3 Cygwin registry name: Cygwin Program options name: Program Options Installations name: Installations Cygdrive default prefix: Build date: Shared id: cygwin1S5 ================================= emacs 24.3.90-1 OK emacs-auctex 11.87-2 OK emacs-cmake 2.8.11.2-1 OK emacs-debuginfo 24.3.90-1 OK emacs-el 24.3.90-1 OK emacs-gettext 0.18.1.1-3 OK emacs-mercurial 2.7.1-1 OK emacs-ocaml 4.01.0-2 OK emacs-w32 24.3.90-1 OK emacs-X11 24.3.90-1 OK ================================= Zdzislaw (Gustav) Meglicki Indiana University -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
