Just ran into this myself on a Feisty install. The character data elisp files all exist in /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/nxml-mode/char- name/unicode, but the equivalent directory of compiled elisp files does not exist under /usr/share/emacs21.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #385240 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=385240 ** Also affects: nxml-mode (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=385240 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: nxml-mode (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Internal nXML mode error in nxml-fontify https://launchpad.net/bugs/88336 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs