FC5: strange emacs problem

[Dean S. Messing]

Patrick Doyle wrote:
: On 9/7/06, Dean S. Messing <deanm at sharplabs.com> wrote:
: >
: > Thanks very much Patrick.
: > Are your rpm's 21.4-14?
: Yes they are... sigh...
: 
: >
: > If so, very strange indeed.
: > Not sure how to even begin to find the problem.
: >
: I'm not sure either, although the first thing that comes to mind is to
: delete (i.e. rename to something else, so you can get it back) your
: .emacs file.  If that solves the problem, then divide and conquer it
: until you find something.

I removed my .emacs file and the couple of foreign .el files I
had the system.  Same problem.  I asked someone else I know who
runs FC5 to try doing C-x 8 ! and they locked up too.
So I submitted a bug report.

Thanks for your help.

Dean