From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: neumann@lostwebsite.net (=?utf-8?Q?Fran=C3=A7ois-Denis?= Gonthier) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs does not work with new Dell Display Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:09:49 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <87mz6u7s0y.fsf@lostwebsite.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1163468509 415 80.91.229.2 (14 Nov 2006 01:41:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:41:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 14 02:41:40 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjnID-0004f0-Kb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:40:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjnIC-00057Z-TB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:40:52 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.cw.net!cw.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.de!news.germany.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!sn-xt-ams-06!sn-xt-ams-08!sn-ams!sn-feed-ams-03!sn-post-ams-01!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:KxJQ4i/QWOXEaNDc0q4hzLvwKcQ= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 23 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:143076 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:38694 Archived-At: >>>>> "Johs" == Johs writes: Johs> I have just changed to a Dell 2007 WFP 20" widescreen Johs> display, but when I try to open emacs in Ubuntu it looks Johs> like this: Johs> http://www.tulsoba.com/pictures/pic1.png Johs> http://www.tulsoba.com/pictures/pic2.png Johs> I have tried to remove my .emacs file but it does not Johs> help. Is emacs limited to work with certain displays? Your display is not to blame. There is a bug in the Emacs21 package in Debian and Ubuntu. I don't know the exact solution to your problem but it's in there: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352811 Don't be fooled by the 'unreproducible' tag. I've heard many people have had that problem F-D