RE: [Mac-emacs-users] Bus error when attempting to run two emacs -nw on 10.1.5

[Toshikazu O. <ohnishi@a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp>]

Hi,

>When trying to start a second instance of an emacs -nw (in a new 
>Terminal window or xterm), the attempt fails with the message 'Bus 
>error'.  If I quit the first emacs -nw, it is possible to start emacs 
>-nw in the second Terminal or xterm window.
>and start Emacs like this:

>
>  gdb --command=~/gdb_run_emacs_commands --args emacs -nw
>
>It will start much slower, but you'll be able to start more than one
>instance.
>
>Beyond that I welcome any suggestions.

I also have experienced this problem.

On my macintosh (PBG4 500, OSX10.1.5), I use the absolute path, 
i.e., /usr/local/bin/emacs -nw, instead of using emacs -nw,
which enables the second (third,...) start of emacs strangely.

I don't know why this prevents the problem here.

Anyway, I put the following line to ~/.tcshrc, and type emacsnw;
alias emacsnw "/usr/local/bin/emacs -nw \!*"

I hope this helps.

Toshikazu Onishi