GNU bug report logs - #32032
26.1; MobaXterm X server + double buffering causes blank window

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: gnu_lists <at> halloleo.hailmail.net

Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 05:38:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.1

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 32032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: gnu_lists <at> halloleo.hailmail.net
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org, 32032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32032: 26.1; Emacs 26 opens under X with blank window
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 17:20:59 +1000

> > I just built Emacs 26.1 on Centos 6 (RHEL 6.9). When I fire up the
> > executable with `src/emacs -Q` over X11 it shows an empty window with no
> > minibuffer. See the following screenshot:
> 
> > https://i.stack.imgur.com/0Uf4m.png
> > 
> > I built Emacs without `gnutls`, but that should be possible. Do I miss
> > any essential libraries?
> 
> Try disabling double-buffering (etc/NEWS describes how to do that).

Thanks Eli. That works. :-)
 
Any way to *build* Emacs so that  it disables by default double-buffering?
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