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From: Tassilo Horn <heimdall@uni-koblenz.de>
Subject: Re: Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, e
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:54:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mz8y5fcv.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7gd59u640o.fsf@serena.fsr.ku.dk>

Henrik Christian Grove <grove@sslug.dk> writes:

Hi Henrik,

> But when my newsserver is available gnus just says "Wrong type
> argument: number-or-marker-p, e" during startup, and stops.
>
> I don't find that error message very helpful, so I'm hoping some of
> you can give me an idea of what to look for and where - or possibly a
> way to fix the problem.

Put 

  (setq debug-on-error t)

into your ~/.emacs. If the error happens again, it will enter the
debugger and a backtrace will be displayed. This should point you to
where the error occurs.

Bye,
Tassilo
-- 
My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.

  reply	other threads:[~2006-09-17 21:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-09-17 13:01 Henrik Christian Grove
2006-09-17 21:54 ` Tassilo Horn [this message]
2006-09-18 22:12   ` Henrik Christian Grove
     [not found] <mailman.7058.1158528913.9609.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2006-09-17 21:46 ` Jesse Alama

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