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(1) Version of Epoch (see the variable epoch::version).
epoch::version's value is "Epoch 4.2"

(2) Platform and operating system (including version of OS).
arch - sun4
os   - 4.1.1

(3) Compiler.
cc - native c compiler

(4) Any nonstandard configuration options.
None that I know of.

(5) Any other information you think would be helpful.
Here is a traceback.  See after traceback for more...

#0  0xa9d00 in write ()
#1  0x90314 in _XFlush ()
#2  0x8752c in XFlush ()
#3  0xc4dc in Cxfixscreen (rb=0x20c008) at x11term.c:1544
#4  0xc560 in xfixscreen () at x11term.c:1553
#5  0x81198 in wait_reading_process_input (time_limit=0, read_kbd=-1, 
    do_display=1, selection=0) at process.c:1682
#6  0x36f40 in kbd_buffer_read_command_char () at keyboard.c:1181
#7  0x367ec in read_command_char (commandflag=1) at keyboard.c:1004
#8  0x37980 in read_key_sequence (keybuf=0xf7fff06c "\003s225zp\230", 
    bufsize=30, prompt=0x0, nodisplay=0) at keyboard.c:1563
#9  0x35c00 in command_loop_1 () at keyboard.c:682
#10 0x69ffc in internal_condition_case (bfun=0x35950 <command_loop_1>, 
    handlers=17927440, hfun=0x352d0 <cmd_error>) at eval.c:1018
#11 0x35748 in command_loop_2 () at keyboard.c:553
#12 0x6999c in internal_catch (tag=17927420, 
    func=0x3571c <command_loop_2>, arg=17927180) at eval.c:826
#13 0x356e4 in command_loop () at keyboard.c:535
#14 0x35204 in recursive_edit_1 () at keyboard.c:420
#15 0x35168 in Frecursive_edit () at keyboard.c:402
#16 0x348c8 in main (argc=3, argv=0xf7fff454, envp=0xf7fff464)
    at emacs.c:565

This happens intermitently, but always when I am actually doing
something, such as creating a buffer or screen.  I am able to
reproduce the problem regularly here, but unfortunately it is
difficult to give you what you need to do it there.  Here is a
descriptions of what I do.

First I have a function that sets all my C comments to be a different
color or stippled on b/w tubes using zones (I think you call them).
Then, I bring up a couple of buffers in the same screen with C files
in them that use this comment marking.  Then I run a function I have
that checks out a file from RCS, which uses a package called sized
windows.  Eventually, those set of steps causes not only epoch to die
but all of X.  Here is what I get back from X:

XIO: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) on X server "electra:0.0"
     after 50 requests (47 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
     The connection was probably braken by a server shutdown or KillClient.
XIO: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) on X server "electra:0.0"
     after 605 requests (53 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
     The connection was probably braken by a server shutdown or KillClient.
/usr/don/.xserverrc: 207 Memory fault`
[4]   + Exit 1    xbiff++ -geom 64x49+1088+0
[3]   + Exit 70   epoch -geometry 71x64+0+0
[2]   + Exit 1    xclock -geometry 188x33+896+0 -dig -update 1
[1]   + Exit 84   xterm -font lucidasanstyperwriter-10 -geometry 80x24
xinit: connection to X server lost

I hope this help and I hope you can solve the bug.

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