Re: Strange font / frame size problem makes emacs unusable.

[Gaute Amundsen <gaute@div.org>]

On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 11:44 +0200, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> Am 26.04.2010 um 08:59 schrieb Gaute Amundsen:
> 
> > Searching backwards for ' = 3$' in less gets me this bit:
> >
> > socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0)         = 3
> > connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path=@"/tmp/.X11-unix/X0"}, 20) = 0
> > getpeername(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path=@"/tmp/.X11-unix/X0i\1"},  
> > [20])
> > = 0
> 
> 
> This could stop GNU Emacs from contacting the X server to ask for a  
> list of available fonts (which could also be supplied by  
> libfontconfig, i.e., from the client side). Or, as you already  
> supposed, stop from asking for the screen's geometry. And when no  
> dimensions are received, defaults (like largest unsigned 16-bit  
> integer) are used... (could such a screen fit into my apartment?!  
> Electronic paper, rolled in when I got to bed?)
> 
> Maybe there is some versions mismatch in the software you try to use.

You think that sounds plausible.. good.
I will pursue that angle some more then :)

Hard to imagine a version missmatch appearing as a result
copying /dev/sda5 to /dev/sda2 on other hardware, and booting.
That's basically the only change I made...

Gaute