Installation - Frequently asked questions about SXEmacs

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2 Installation and Trouble Shooting

This is part 2 of the SXEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This section is devoted to Installation, Maintenance and Trouble Shooting.

Installation:

Q2.0.1: Running SXEmacs without installing.
Q2.0.2: SXEmacs is too big.
Q2.0.3: Compiling SXEmacs with Netaudio.
Q2.0.4: Problems with Linux and ncurses.
Q2.0.5: Do I need X11 to run SXEmacs?
Q2.0.6: I'm having strange crashes. What do I do?
Q2.0.7: Libraries in non-standard locations.
Q2.0.8: can't resolve symbol _h_errno
Q2.0.9: Where do I find external libraries?
Q2.0.10: After I run configure I find a coredump, is something wrong?
Q2.0.11: SXEmacs can't resolve host names.
Q2.0.12: Why can't I strip SXEmacs?
Q2.0.13: I don't need no steenkin' packages. Do I?
Q2.0.14: How do I figure out which packages to install?
Q2.0.15: EFS fails with "500 AUTH not understood" (NEW)

Trouble Shooting:

Q2.1.1: SXEmacs just crashed on me!
Q2.1.2: Cryptic Minibuffer messages.
Q2.1.3: Translation Table Syntax messages at Startup.
Q2.1.4: Startup warnings about deducing proper fonts?
Q2.1.5: SXEmacs cannot connect to my X Terminal.
Q2.1.6: SXEmacs just locked up my Linux X server.
Q2.1.7: HP Alt key as Meta.
Q2.1.8: got (wrong-type-argument color-instance-p nil)!
Q2.1.9: SXEmacs causes my OpenWindows 3.0 server to crash.
Q2.1.10: Warnings from incorrect key modifiers.
Q2.1.11: Can't instantiate image error... in toolbar
Q2.1.12: Regular Expression Problems on DEC OSF1.
Q2.1.13: HP/UX 10.10 and create_process failure
Q2.1.14: C-g doesn't work for me. Is it broken?
Q2.1.15: How to debug a SXEmacs problem with a debugger.
Q2.1.16: SXEmacs crashes in strcat on HP/UX 10.
Q2.1.17: ‘Marker does not point anywhere’.
Q2.1.18: SXEmacs is outputting lots of X errors.
Q2.1.19: SXEmacs does not follow the local timezone.
Q2.1.20: ‘Symbol's function definition is void: hkey-help-show.’
Q2.1.21: [This question intentionally left blank]
Q2.1.22: SXEmacs seems to take a really long time to do some things.
Q2.1.23: Movemail on Linux does not work for SXEmacs.
Q2.1.24: SXEmacs won't start without network.
Q2.1.25: After upgrading, SXEmacs won't do `foo' any more!