Reinhard, I think you hit on something, I hadn't tried.
It appears to not be problem in gnome (I was able to bring it up fine in gnome) but when I switch to lubuntu session. I had switched session to lubuntu to save memory like Yotam. Just a note though, everything was working fine in lubuntu too, until recent updates maybe a week ago. Here is what my apt/history.log shows from the recent past (below)... something in here broke it, just not sure what. If you have any ideas on what I could try downgrading, I am happy to do so. Thanks, Jeff Start-Date: 2010-12-09 13:17:57 Upgrade: libkrb5-3 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3, 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4), libkrb5support0 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3, 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4), emacs (23.1+1-4ubuntu7, 23.1+1-4ubuntu7.1), emacs23-bin-common (23.1+1-4ubuntu7, 23.1+1-4ubuntu7.1), git-gui (1.7.0.4-1, 1.7.0.4-1ubuntu0.1), libk5crypto3 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3, 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4), update-inetd (4.35, 4.35ubuntu0.1), emacs23-common (23.1+1-4ubuntu7, 23.1+1-4ubuntu7.1), gitk (1.7.0.4-1, 1.7.0.4-1ubuntu0.1), emacs23 (23.1+1-4ubuntu7, 23.1+1-4ubuntu7.1), git-core (1.7.0.4-1, 1.7.0.4-1ubuntu0.1), libgssapi-krb5-2 (1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3, 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4) End-Date: 2010-12-09 13:18:27 Start-Date: 2010-12-10 09:23:07 Upgrade: xulrunner-1.9.2 (1.9.2.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 1.9.2.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1), firefox (3.6.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1), firefox-gnome-support (3.6.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1), firefox-branding (3.6.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) End-Date: 2010-12-10 09:23:37 Start-Date: 2010-12-13 10:56:12 Install: fakeroot (1.14.4-1ubuntu1), g++-4.4 (4.4.3-4ubuntu5), libstdc++6-4.4-dev (4.4.3-4ubuntu5), g++ (4.4.3-1ubuntu1), libreadline5-dev (5.2-7build1), libssl-dev (0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.5), zlib1g-dev (1.2.3.3.dfsg-15ubuntu1), dpkg-dev (1.15.5.6ubuntu4.4), xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20091116-1), libncurses5-dev (5.7+20090803-2ubuntu3), libreadline5 (5.2-7build1), build-essential (11.4build1) End-Date: 2010-12-13 10:56:33 Start-Date: 2010-12-13 16:59:06 Upgrade: libc-bin (2.11.1-0ubuntu7.5, 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.6), gnome-settings-daemon (2.30.1-0ubuntu1, 2.30.1-0ubuntu1.1), libc-dev-bin (2.11.1-0ubuntu7.5, 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.6), libc6-i686 (2.11.1-0ubuntu7.5, 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.6), libc6-dev (2.11.1-0ubuntu7.5, 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.6), libc6 (2.11.1-0ubuntu7.5, 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.6) End-Date: 2010-12-13 16:59:29 Start-Date: 2010-12-13 17:23:31 Install: sqlite3 (3.6.22-1) End-Date: 2010-12-13 17:23:34 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/684613 Title: emacs crashes with "Arithmetic error" -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
