From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jan 14 15:52:42 2010 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jan 2010 20:52:42 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVWgL-0006ap-9R for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:52:41 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVWdm-0006XQ-0k for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:50:02 -0500 Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:43688) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVWdh-0007Ln-LS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:49:57 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NVWdc-0004g4-68 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:49:57 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on monty-python X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:48192) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NVWdb-0004fw-Td for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:49:52 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVWdb-0005Lh-Do for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:49:51 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVWdW-0005GN-Ju for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:49:51 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54295 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVWdW-0005G6-8V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:49:46 -0500 Received: from pobox.sfu.ca ([142.58.101.28]:55062) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NVWdV-0004dH-Kj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:49:45 -0500 Received: from fraser.sfu.ca (newfraser.sfu.ca [142.58.101.5]) by pobox.sfu.ca (8.13.6/8.13.5/SFU-6.0G) with ESMTP id o0EKnfuU013056 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:49:42 -0800 (PST) Received: (from kurn@localhost) by fraser.sfu.ca (8.13.8+Sun/8.14.3/SFU-6.0C) id o0EKnfRq010260 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:49:41 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:49:41 -0800 From: Andrew Kurn To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: emacs wont start Message-ID: <20100114204941.GA7498@sfu.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:52:40 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) Emacs won't start with TERM=xterm-color. ----- emacs: Terminal type xterm-color is not defined. If that is not the actual type of terminal you have, [. . .] ----- However, it *will* start with TERM=xterm This contradicts the doc, which says that the type is stripped, one hyphen at a time, until it finds a name it recognizes (and therefore it should come to xterm and start). Sorry if this one has been fixed. It appears that it might be OK in 22.3, but I haven't been able to find it in the bug list. Andrew ------- In GNU Emacs 22.1.2 (sparc-sun-solaris2.10, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2008-02-16 on v480 configured using `configure 'CC=gcc' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -R/usr/local/pgsql/lib -L/usr/local/lib -R/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -R/usr/local/ssl/lib -L/usr/openwin/lib -R/usr/openwin/lib -I/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/include' 'LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib -R/usr/local/lib -R/usr/lib -L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -R/usr/local/pgsql/lib -L/usr/lib -R/usr/openwin/lib -L/usr/openwin/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -R/usr/local/ssl/lib -L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/lib -R/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -R/usr/X11R6/lib' 'CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/ssl/include -I/usr/local/pgsql/include -I/usr/local/include/ncurses -I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/include -I/usr/openwin/include -I/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/include'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: nil locale-coding-system: nil default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Lisp Interaction Minor modes in effect: menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t utf-translate-cjk-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t Recent input: ESC O A ESC O B e m a c s : SPC T e r m i n a l SPC t y p e SPC x t e r m - c o l o r SPC i s SPC n o t SPC d e f i n e d . 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Loading regexp-opt...done Loading emacsbug...done byte-code: Text is read-only: # From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jan 14 18:19:05 2010 Received: (at 5379) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jan 2010 23:19:06 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVYy1-0008RI-Ci for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:19:05 -0500 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVYxz-0008Qe-01 for 5379@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:19:03 -0500 Received: from mail01.m-online.net (mail.m-online.net [192.168.3.149]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F25FC1C155BD; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:18:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from igel.home (DSL01.83.171.157.218.ip-pool.NEFkom.net [83.171.157.218]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D78F5901F5; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:18:57 +0100 (CET) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 7AA06CA297; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:18:57 +0100 (CET) From: Andreas Schwab To: Andrew Kurn Subject: Re: bug#5379: emacs wont start References: <20100114204941.GA7498@sfu.ca> X-Yow: I pretend I'm living in a styrofoam packing crate, high in th' SWISS ALPS, still unable to accept th' idea of TOUCH-TONE DIALING!! Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:18:57 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20100114204941.GA7498@sfu.ca> (Andrew Kurn's message of "Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:49:41 -0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -4.6 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 5379 Cc: 5379@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -3.9 (---) Andrew Kurn writes: > Emacs won't start with TERM=xterm-color. > > ----- > emacs: Terminal type xterm-color is not defined. > If that is not the actual type of terminal you have, [. . .] > ----- > > However, it *will* start with TERM=xterm > > This contradicts the doc, which says that the type is stripped, one > hyphen at a time, until it finds a name it recognizes (and therefore > it should come to xterm and start). That's only related to how the terminal-specific initialization file is found under term. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jan 15 11:40:00 2010 Received: (at 5379) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jan 2010 16:40:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVpDM-0004I0-HW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:40:00 -0500 Received: from pantheon-po43.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.104]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVpDK-0004Hs-0S for 5379@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:39:58 -0500 Received: from furry (dhcp128036014123.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.123]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po43.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o0FGdrbu019118 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:39:53 -0500 Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0F369C05D; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:39:53 -0700 (MST) From: Chong Yidong To: Andrew Kurn Subject: Re: emacs wont start Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:39:52 -0500 Message-ID: <87my0fjp9j.fsf@stupidchicken.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 5379 Cc: 5379@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) > Emacs won't start with TERM=xterm-color. > > ----- > emacs: Terminal type xterm-color is not defined. > If that is not the actual type of terminal you have, [. . .] > ----- > > However, it *will* start with TERM=xterm > > This contradicts the doc, which says that the type is stripped, one > hyphen at a time, until it finds a name it recognizes (and therefore > it should come to xterm and start). > > Sorry if this one has been fixed. It appears that it might be OK > in 22.3, but I haven't been able to find it in the bug list. Hi Andrew, more recent versions of Emacs handle this properly now. Thanks for the bug report, though. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jan 15 11:40:19 2010 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jan 2010 16:40:19 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVpDf-0004Ii-6J for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:40:19 -0500 Received: from pantheon-po39.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.100]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVpDd-0004IW-SH for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:40:18 -0500 Received: from furry (dhcp128036014123.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.123]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po39.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o0FGeBcY028742 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:40:11 -0500 Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2D804C05D; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:40:11 -0700 (MST) From: Chong Yidong To: control@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: close 5379 Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:40:11 -0500 Message-ID: <87k4vjjp90.fsf@stupidchicken.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) close 5379 thanks From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:13:23 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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