It sounds like the bug may have been in libc, and has been fixed in the meantime, so I'll close this out as fixed. Please reopen it if you experience the problem again. :)
** Changed in: emacs21 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- emacs21-x crashed on startup with SIGSEGV in vfprintf() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/97373 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs