Subject: bug#6193: emacs 23 in ubuntu 10.04 gnu linux: black lines overwrite text!

From: Jan Djärv <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 23:55:13 +0200

Does this happen in a vanilla 23.1 (unmodified by debian)?  Does it happen 
with 23.2?  Can you try switchin themes when it happes to see if it has any 
effect?

	Jan D.

Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen skrev 2010-05-14 20.12:
> To: [email-masked] <mailto:[email-masked]>
> Subject: 23.1; emacs 23 in ubuntu gnu linux: black lines overwrite text!
> --text follows this line--
> at starting up emacs 23, black lines are overwriting the text in text
> buffers,
> rendering it impossible to use emacs. emacs do not crash.
> Sometimes, the error do not occur and I can use emacs, but it is difficult
> to describe exactly under which circumstances it occur and not.
> I reported the problem on the ubuntu help mailing list, and got one
> response confirming the problem. at the link
> http://www.zvisionwelt.de/tmpdownloads/Emacs23-Lucid.png
> there is a screenshot showing the problem.
>
> this is ubuntu 10.04, with the official emacs from ubuntu.
>
> kjetil brinchmann halvorsen
> [email-masked] <mailto:[email-masked]>
>
>
> In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.0)
>   of 2010-03-29 on rothera, modified by Debian
> Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10706000
> configured using `configure '--build=i486-linux-gnu'
> '--host=i486-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib'
> '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var/lib'
> '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes'
> '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs23:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.1/leim'
> '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--with-toolkit-scroll-bars'
> 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i486-linux-gnu'
> 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-g' 'CPPFLAGS=''
>
> 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: en_US.utf8
>    value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
>    locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
>    default-enable-multibyte-characters: t
>
> Major mode: Fundamental
>
> Minor modes in effect:
>    show-paren-mode: t
>    global-auto-revert-mode: t
>    display-time-mode: t
>    display-battery-mode: t
>    cua-mode: t
>    shell-dirtrack-mode: t
>    tooltip-mode: t
>    tool-bar-mode: t
>    mouse-wheel-mode: t
>    menu-bar-mode: t
>    file-name-shadow-mode: t
>    global-font-lock-mode: t
>    blink-cursor-mode: t
>    global-auto-composition-mode: t
>    auto-encryption-mode: t
>    auto-compression-mode: t
>    line-number-mode: t
>    transient-mark-mode: t
>
> Recent input:
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> M-x r e p o r t
> - e m a c s - b u g <return>
>
> Recent messages:
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50pspp.el (source)...done
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50psvn.el (source)...done
> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-docutils.el (source)...done
> enabling speedbar support
> Loading cua-base...done
> Loading battery...done
> Loading time...done
> Loading autorevert...done
> Loading paren...done
> For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
>
>
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> make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
> have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
> man in the bonds of Hell.
>
> St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
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