i got this when i load xemacs 2.2.8 worked well so far
(1) (initialization/error) An error has occurred while loading ~/.emacs: Assertion failed: (typep listener jde-db-listener) ------------------------- (add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/jde-2.2.9beta8/lisp") -------------
