From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hadron Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: bizzare text scrolling Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:36:46 +0200 Organization: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark Message-ID: References: <13b9rv4o0ilp867@news.supernews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1186274486 6666 80.91.229.12 (5 Aug 2007 00:41:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 00:41:26 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 05 02:41:23 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IHUBM-0001bq-7y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:41:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IHUB4-0006h1-Qp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:41:02 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Trace: individual.net 1ZO0D116VkQbCO0DfFVrOwbuGGbIneRL115NS4dt/jKeulffV4 X-Orig-Path: news.individual.net!news Cancel-Lock: sha1:trUcIdRAdd2sYxnGpxfMzu6UsvY= sha1:ec7Uh9u4FyWB8lCM1KkhQxFSZ10= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:150750 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:46323 Archived-At: Tim Johnson writes: > I've been using GNU Emacs 21.4.1 on kunbuntu 7.04 amd64 for a couple of > months now. I originally installed emacs from the debian repository via > apt-get, and it has worked just fine. > > I just re-installed emacs from aptitude, which is the gui-based > version of apt-get. I am now seeing some very strange behavior. > Specifically, text in a buffer will start *scrolling* - I've seen this > happen in *scratch* where as best as I can tell, words like "zoning" appear. > > This also occurs in source code files - which is really alarming. > Although when I apply some action to the buffer, like a mouse click > or keystroke, the scrolling stops and the buffer (appears) to revert > to the original content. > > Any ideas on how to make this stop? > thanks > tim Weird. I saw this for the first time today myself after Ubuntu crashed and I had to reinstall.