Hello: Using cvs ver last update july 21. Inferior lisp is SBCL 0.9.0 When loading lisp file and typing M-x slime, I get the following (abbreviated) error message debugger invoked on a SB-EXT:PACKAGE-LOCKED-ERROR in thread 2427: Lock on package SB-VM violated when interning THREAD-OS-THREAD-SLOT. See also: The SBCL Manual, Node "Package Locks" ..... (SB-EXT:PACKAGE-LOCK-VIOLATION #<PACKAGE "SB-VM">) I'm new to lisp and slime, and relatively callow with emacs. I'm currently looking at http://www.sbcl.org/manual/Operations-Violating-Package-Locks.html#Operation... but given my unfamiliarity with the topic, I'm currently unsure of a fix. Any help, advice or pointers to docs is welcome. Thanks tim -- Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com