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--- a/man/xemacs-faq.texi Mon Aug 13 10:57:57 2007 +0200 +++ b/man/xemacs-faq.texi Mon Aug 13 10:58:40 2007 +0200 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\input texinfo.tex @c -*-texinfo-*- +\input texinfo.tex @c -*- mode: texinfo; coding: iso-2022-8 -*- @c %**start of header @setfilename ../info/xemacs-faq.info @settitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ @finalout @titlepage @title XEmacs FAQ -@subtitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs @* Last Modified: $Date: 1999/12/08 01:33:17 $ +@subtitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs @* Last Modified: $Date: 2000/03/04 17:13:15 $ @sp 1 @author Tony Rossini <arossini@@stat.sc.edu> @author Ben Wing <ben@@xemacs.org> @@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ * Q6.3.2:: What are the differences between the various MS Windows emacsen? * Q6.3.3:: What is the porting team doing at the moment? +Troubleshooting: +* Q6.4.1:: XEmacs won't start on Windows. (NEW) + Current Events: * Q7.0.1:: What is new in 20.2? @@ -6225,6 +6228,9 @@ * Q6.3.2:: What are the differences between the various MS Windows emacsen? * Q6.3.3:: What is the porting team doing at the moment? +Troubleshooting: +* Q6.4.1:: XEmacs won't start on Windows. (NEW) + @end menu @node Q6.0.1, Q6.0.2, MS Windows, MS Windows @@ -6555,11 +6561,31 @@ @end itemize -@node Q6.3.3, , Q6.3.2, MS Windows +@node Q6.3.3, Q6.4.1, Q6.3.2, MS Windows @unnumberedsubsec Q6.3.3: What is the porting team doing at the moment? The porting team is continuing work on the MS Windows-specific code. +@node Q6.4.1, ,Q6.3.3, MS Windows +@unnumberedsec 6.3: Troubleshooting +@unnumberedsubsec Q6.4.1 XEmacs won't start on Windows. (NEW) + +XEmacs relies on a process called "dumping" to generate a working +executable. Under MS-Windows this process effectively fixes the memory +addresses of information in the executable. When XEmacs starts up it tries +to reserve these memory addresses so that the dumping process can be +reversed - putting the information back at the correct addresses. +Unfortunately some .dlls (For instance the soundblaster driver) occupy +memory addresses that can conflict with those needed by the dumped XEmacs +executable. In this instance XEmacs will fail to start without any +explanation. Note that this is extremely machine specific. + +Work is being done on fixes for 21.1.* that will make more intelligent +guesses about which memory addresses will be free and so this should +cure the problem for most people. + +21.2 implements "portable dumping" which will eliminate the problem +altogether. @node Current Events, , MS Windows, Top @unnumbered 7 What the Future Holds