bug#2709: emacs doesn't start

bug#2709: emacs doesn't start

[Umberto Coletta]

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Hi!
Suddenly, after a Fedora 10 software update, emacs 22 doesn't start.
Can you help me?
Thanks
Bye
Umberto

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bug#2709: emacs doesn't start

[Glenn Morris]

"Umberto Coletta" wrote:

> Suddenly, after a Fedora 10 software update, emacs 22 doesn't start.
> Can you help me?

This is pretty much the textbook definition of a bad bug report.

What exactly did you try? What exactly happened?

What does `rpm -q emacs' say?

What does `which emacs' say?

Does `/usr/bin/emacs -Q' work?

(You may have more luck on a Fedora list.)

Re: bug#2709: emacs doesn't start

[tfs]

On Mar 20, 11:50 am, Glenn Morris <r...@gnu.org> wrote:
> "Umberto Coletta" wrote:
> > Suddenly, after a Fedora 10 software update,emacs22doesn'tstart.
> > Can you help me?
>
> This is pretty much the textbook definition of a bad bug report.
>
> What exactly did you try? What exactly happened?
>
> What does `rpm -qemacs' say?
>
> What does `whichemacs' say?
>
> Does `/usr/bin/emacs-Q' work?
>
> (You may have more luck on a Fedora list.)

I am experiencing the same problem.  The emacs process starts and
hangs -- I think during window system initialization. I tried
uninstalling and re-installing with the same result.  The following is
version information:

$ rpm -q emacs
emacs-22.3-4.fc10.i386

$ which emacs
/usr/bin/emacs

$ file /usr/bin/emacs
/usr/bin/emacs: symbolic link to `/etc/alternatives/emacs'

$ file /etc/alternatives/emacs
/etc/alternatives/emacs: symbolic link to `/usr/bin/emacs-22.3'

$ emacs --no-window-system

works fine within a terminal window.  This is why I think it has to do
with window system interaction.

Re: bug#2709: emacs doesn't start

[g.a.stark]

I'm having the identical problem.  Strange thing is it only happens on
one of the my 4 fedora installations.  Has anyone found any further
info on this?

bug#2709: emacs doesn't start

[Glenn Morris]

[ The message to which I am replying does not appear in the Emacs bug
tracker due to bug #936. I'm not resending things any more. ]

tfs@maithean.com wrote:

> works fine within a terminal window.  This is why I think it has to do
> with window system interaction.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491813
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491979

This appears to be an issue with libX11 in Fedora, affecting several
applications, and possibly fixed by the latest Fedora libX11.