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From: "Robert Thorpe" <rthorpe@realworldtech.com>
Subject: Re: Emacs does not work with new Dell Display
Date: 13 Nov 2006 10:32:50 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1163442770.396152.96470@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ejacvi$brc$1@news.net.uni-c.dk>

Johs wrote:
> I have just changed to a Dell 2007 WFP 20" widescreen display, but when I
> try to open emacs in Ubuntu it looks like this:
>
> http://www.tulsoba.com/pictures/pic1.png
>
> http://www.tulsoba.com/pictures/pic2.png
>
> I have tried to remove my .emacs file but it does not help. Is emacs limited
> to work with certain displays?

That should work.  It looks like an X11 driver bug to me, or some
missing X11 fonts.

Do other Xt/Xaw programs work?  Try opening xman or xpdf.

If it's the font press shift+mouse1 over the frame and see if selecting
another works.

  reply	other threads:[~2006-11-13 18:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-11-13 18:19 Emacs does not work with new Dell Display Johs
2006-11-13 18:32 ` Robert Thorpe [this message]
2006-11-14  1:09 ` François-Denis Gonthier
2006-11-14 12:09 ` Tim X
2006-11-14 14:43   ` Robert Thorpe

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