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When i try to open my .emacs file with emacs i get an error as such.

$ emacs .emacs       
Fatal error 11: Segmentation fault
Backtrace:
emacs[0x4f74cb]
emacs[0x4dcf3e]
emacs[0x4f611e]
emacs[0x4f6283]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x10340)[0x7f98da6f4340]
emacs[0x538130]
emacs[0x59a8cb]
emacs[0x59a8e1]
emacs[0x59a8e1]
emacs[0x59a8e1]
emacs[0x539e37]
emacs[0x5380dd]
emacs[0x537d28]
emacs[0x538186]
emacs[0x537ce4]
emacs[0x538186]
emacs[0x537ce4]
emacs[0x538186]
emacs[0x537ce4]
emacs[0x537dd4]
emacs[0x537dd4]
emacs[0x537d28]
emacs[0x538186]
emacs[0x537ce4]
emacs[0x538186]
emacs[0x537ce4]
emacs[0x538186]
emacs[0x537ce4]
emacs[0x538186]
emacs[0x537ce4]
emacs[0x538186]
emacs[0x537ce4]
emacs[0x538186]
emacs[0x537ce4]
emacs[0x537cf1]
emacs[0x538186]
emacs[0x537ce4]
emacs[0x537ce4]
emacs[0x537dd4]
emacs[0x537dd4]
emacs[0x537cf1]
...
[1]    6084 segmentation fault (core dumped)  emacs -nw .emacs

But emacs opens other files without crashing. Can some one help me.

Drew
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    Crazy. Is there anything unusual about your .emacs file? Does it still crash if you run emacs -q .emacs? What about emacs -Q .emacs? – db48x Oct 05 '16 at 06:24
  • Oh, and does it crash if you open some other file first, and then open your .emacs file? – db48x Oct 05 '16 at 06:25
  • At the very least, you should put your .emacs file up somewhere, like GitHub Gist. – Tianxiang Xiong Oct 05 '16 at 07:04
  • You can try opening the file with M-x find-file-literally. This will help if there is syntax highlighting code or something similar which causes the crash. But regardless, emacs shouldn't crash under any circumstance. You might want to look into upgrading it to a newer version, if you have that option. – Harald Hanche-Olsen Oct 05 '16 at 11:27
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    If you feel adventurous you can follow the instructions here: http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/14354/how-do-i-debug-an-emacs-crash for debugging the crash (or, if you are less adventurous, but still willing to give it a go, you could get the actual stack trace from GDB to add to this post). But, to solve this problem more efficiently, you'd better post it to Emacs' bug tracker / mailing list. – wvxvw Oct 05 '16 at 12:33
  • @db48x, it opens if i give emacs -Q .emacs'. No matter i open other files first or after,. other files are working, emacs crashes only when i open.emacsfile. And strange thing is that ,.. if i fire upemacsalone(without giving any file name) and the doC-x C-f, and then enter.emacs`, it opens. – arvindh Oct 05 '16 at 13:01
  • @TianxiangXiong, i have added my .emacs file here. Im still new to emacs, so the contents inside the file might be crazy sometimes. plz forgive – arvindh Oct 05 '16 at 13:07
  • Your .emacs looks fine, so I suspect there's a problem with something it loads. Comment out half of it and restart emacs, and see if the problem persists. Keep repeating this process until you find the line responsible, and we should be able to help sort it out – Tyler Oct 07 '16 at 01:54
  • I did an update and upgrade, now I'm not getting that error... thanks all guy's, for your suggestions and help – arvindh Oct 07 '16 at 17:24

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