From: Rich Mulvey (rich@mulvey.com)
Date: 08/30/93


From: rich@mulvey.com (Rich Mulvey)
Subject: Re: Can't run emacs
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1993 08:20:40 EDT

chris@chrism.demon.co.uk (Chris Marriott) writes:

> I've just install the "base" SLS Linux (ie a,b,c disk sets), downloaded
> today from tsx-11. Whenever I try to run emacs, there's a short (about
> 1 second) delay, followed by the message
>
> "segmentation violation: core dumped"
>
> I'm a total novice to Linux, having had it running for about an hour :-)
> I've read the FAQ and the emacs "man" page but can't find any clue to
> this. Everything else that I've tried runs fine.
>
> Could anyone help, please?