GNU bug report logs - #73244
Emacs29.3 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.41

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: ajh <at> ajhurst.org, 73244 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#73244: Emacs29.3 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.41
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 14:48:04 +0300

> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> Cc: ajh <at> ajhurst.org,  73244 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 19:05:30 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Ping!
> >
> >> Cc: ajh <at> ajhurst.org, 73244 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 14:19:12 +0300
> >> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> >> 
> >> > From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> >> > Cc: "John Hurst" <ajh <at> ajhurst.org>,  73244 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >> > Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 17:58:00 +0800
> >> > 
> >> > Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> >> > 
> >> > >> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 12:42:50 +1000
> >> > >> From: "John Hurst" <ajh <at> ajhurst.org>
> >> > >> 
> >> > >> The bug I have, since upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04 and install emacs29 is that the initial frame has width x height of 20 x 9, even though I have a .Xresources file containing
> >> > >>    Emacs*geometry: 100x40+1900+0
> >> > >> end a default-frame-alist of
> >> > >>   Value:
> >> > >>   ((font . "Monospace-10")
> >> > >>    (height . 42)
> >> > >>    (width . 90)
> >> > >>    (tool-bar-lines . 0)
> >> > >>    (menu-bar-lines . 1)
> >> > >>    (top . 0)
> >> > >>    (left . 1200))
> >> > >>   Original value was nil
> >> > >> set up by my .emacs file.
> >> > >> 
> >> > >> Using either the pull-down File->New Frame, or C-x 5 2, both generate new frames of the 20 x 9 size.
> >> > >> 
> >> > >> I can send the .emacs file if needed, but note that "emacs -D' also gives the same default size of 20 x 9, so I don't think it is a problem with my .emacs file - which did work OK under Ubuntu 22.04 and emacs28.
> >> > >
> >> > > Po Lu, any comments or suggestions?
> >> > 
> >> > >From what I've heard, the culprit is rather the upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04
> >> > than to Emacs 29, and the problem will disappear if Emacs is configured
> >> > with another toolkit than GTK.
> >> 
> >> Does it mean that GTK which comes with Ubuntu 24.04 is unusable with
> >> Emacs?  What exactly in GTK causes this?
> 
> Sorry for the belated response.  We don't know yet, and it's not an
> issue with GTK, but with some past update to the window manager.

How should we proceed with this bug, then?

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