Putting compiled versions of the elisp under /usr/share/emacs21/site- lisp/nxml-mode/char-name/unicode gets rid of the problem. So it looks like a packaging bug (that these elisp files are not being compiled and installed to the correct location).
-- Internal nXML mode error in nxml-fontify https://launchpad.net/bugs/88336 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
