Patrick Doyle wrote: : On 9/7/06, Dean S. Messing <deanm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: : > : > Thanks very much Patrick. : > Are your rpm's 21.4-14? : Yes they are... sigh... : : > : > If so, very strange indeed. : > Not sure how to even begin to find the problem. : > : I'm not sure either, although the first thing that comes to mind is to : delete (i.e. rename to something else, so you can get it back) your : .emacs file. If that solves the problem, then divide and conquer it : until you find something. I removed my .emacs file and the couple of foreign .el files I had the system. Same problem. I asked someone else I know who runs FC5 to try doing C-x 8 ! and they locked up too. So I submitted a bug report. Thanks for your help. Dean