[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#6193: closed (emacs 23 in ubuntu 10.04 gnu linux: black lines overwrite text!)

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> emacs 23 in ubuntu 10.04 gnu linux: black lines overwrite text!
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> Fri, 14 May 2010 14:12:22 -0400
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> Subject: 23.1; emacs 23 in ubuntu gnu linux: black lines overwrite text!
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> 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.
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> this is ubuntu 10.04, with the official emacs from ubuntu.
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> kjetil brinchmann halvorsen
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> 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=''
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> 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
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> Major mode: Fundamental
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> 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
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> 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>
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> 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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> St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
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> Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote:
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> > A very short followup: Today the same (apparently) problem started to appear
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> > open office calc (which I use sparinlgly to communicate with windows types).
> > Same symproms as with emacs,
> > but a little less annoying. \Might this be a gnome problem?
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> Or it might be a problem with your video card/drivers.
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> Eg (old issues, but similar kind of thing)
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/55073
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-08/msg00646.html
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> Anyway, I don't think there's anything we can do to help.
> It sounds more like the kind of thing to report to Ubuntu.
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