Bug#768904: gnus: Fails to start, “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, image”

2014-11-10 Thread Ben Finney
package emacs24-common tags 768904 + patch upstream thanks On 10-Nov-2014, Rob Browning wrote: > Rob Browning writes: > > Aha? > > http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=18813 > > And if that is the cause, perhaps this will fix it: > > --- a/lisp/gnus.el > +++ b/lisp/gnus.el > @@ -327,7

Bug#768904: gnus: Fails to start, “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, image”

2014-11-10 Thread Rob Browning
Rob Browning writes: > Aha? > > http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=18813 > > I've only had a chance to skim, but perhaps that's it. > > Are you running emacs-nox by any chance? If so, it sounded like > switching to emacs24-lucid might be a possible workaround, until we get > this fix

Bug#768904: gnus: Fails to start, “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, image”

2014-11-10 Thread Rob Browning
Aha? http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=18813 I've only had a chance to skim, but perhaps that's it. Are you running emacs-nox by any chance? If so, it sounded like switching to emacs24-lucid might be a possible workaround, until we get this fixed in emacs24. -- Rob Browning rlb

Bug#768904: gnus: Fails to start, “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, image”

2014-11-09 Thread Ben Finney
On 09-Nov-2014, Rob Browning wrote: > Maybe you already looked, but is there anything else that seems > relevant in the *Messages* buffer? Here is the last section of that buffer: = For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. Saving file /home/bignose/.newsrc-dribble...

Bug#768904: gnus: Fails to start, “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, image”

2014-11-09 Thread Rob Browning
Ben Finney writes: > Nope. The minibuffer displays the error; the buffer named “*Group*” > is open with “Group” major mode; it displays the ASCII-art GNU from > Gnus startup. I'm left to continue interacting with the buffer, but > there is no more atomated output. Maybe you already looked, but i

Bug#768904: gnus: Fails to start, “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, image”

2014-11-09 Thread Ben Finney
On 09-Nov-2014, Rob Browning wrote: > Ben Finney writes: > > * The Gnus startup exits, with the error > > “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, debug”. > > Hmm -- no backtrace? Nope. The minibuffer displays the error; the buffer named “*Group*” is open with “Group” major mode; it

Bug#768904: gnus: Fails to start, “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, image”

2014-11-09 Thread Rob Browning
Ben Finney writes: > * The Gnus startup exits, with the error > “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, debug”. Hmm -- no backtrace? -- Rob Browning rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org GPG as of 2011-07-10 E6A9 DA3C C9FD 1FF8 C676 D2C4 C0F0 39E9 ED1B 597A GPG as of 2002-11-03 14

Bug#768904: gnus: Fails to start, “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, image”

2014-11-09 Thread Ben Finney
On 09-Nov-2014, Rob Browning wrote: > > “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, debug”. > > OK, I'd recommend working step by step, i.e. first launch emacs. Then, > assuming that's OK, run M-x set-variable to change debug-on-error to t. > And finally, run M-x gnus. * ‘emacs -Q’; start

Bug#768904: gnus: Fails to start, “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, image”

2014-11-09 Thread Rob Browning
Ben Finney writes: > When I add that to the top of ‘$HOME/.emacs.d/init.el’, then run > ‘emacs -f gnus’, the startup fails again with a different error: > “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, debug”. OK, I'd recommend working step by step, i.e. first launch emacs. Then, assuming t

Bug#768904: gnus: Fails to start, “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, image”

2014-11-09 Thread Ben Finney
On 09-Nov-2014, Rob Browning wrote: > Can you set debug-on-error to t and try again, so we can (hopefully) > get a bit more information? > > i.e. via either (setq debug-on-error t) in your .emacs or "M-x > set-variable". When I add that to the top of ‘$HOME/.emacs.d/init.el’, then run ‘emacs -f g

Bug#768904: gnus: Fails to start, “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, image”

2014-11-09 Thread Rob Browning
Ben Finney writes: > Package: emacs24-common > Version: 24.4+1-4 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > When starting Gnus on this system, the startup fails with an error > message, “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, image”. > > This occurs with the following combinations: >

Bug#768904: gnus: Fails to start, “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, image”

2014-11-09 Thread Ben Finney
Package: emacs24-common Version: 24.4+1-4 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, When starting Gnus on this system, the startup fails with an error message, “Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, image”. This occurs with the following combinations: * emacs -f gnus * emacs -Q -f gnus wit