From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6193: emacs 23 in ubuntu 10.04 gnu linux: black lines overwrite text! Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:24:06 -0400 Message-ID: <3u39ice6zt.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <4BEDC6C1.3070902@swipnet.se> <4BEE7BBE.5070704@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310426773 25149 80.91.229.12 (11 Jul 2011 23:26:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:26:13 +0000 (UTC) To: 6193-done@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 12 01:26:09 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgPrc-0002RT-9O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:26:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52240 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgPrb-0006SP-9L for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:26:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52166) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgPqf-0006HB-3a for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:25:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgPqa-0005gO-8A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:25:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:60513) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgPqZ-0005g4-Ha for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:25:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgPqY-0008Ir-MF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:25:02 -0400 Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:25:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 6193 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Mail-Followup-To: 6193@debbugs.gnu.org, rgm@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by 6193-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D6193.131042665531857 (code D ref 6193); Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:25:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6193-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jul 2011 23:24:15 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgPpm-0008Hl-A2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:24:15 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgPpk-0008Ha-FP for 6193-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:24:13 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48027) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QgPpe-0002vG-NC; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:24:06 -0400 X-Spook: spies Lon Horiuchi Plame Craig Livingstone nitrate X-Ran: F.v#u;XoX%<:M88)Uz|+P40#Je@9_pdU1gM!8'9/0Kt>4L)4QGm|\L.YQlgz:tI\&zKx|| X-Hue: white X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen's message of "Tue, 8 Jun 2010 19:43:35 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:25:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:48668 Archived-At: Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > A very short followup: Today the same (apparently) problem started to appear > in another program, > open office calc (which I use sparinlgly to communicate with windows types). > Same symproms as with emacs, > but a little less annoying. \Might this be a gnome problem? Or it might be a problem with your video card/drivers. Eg (old issues, but similar kind of thing) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/55073 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-08/msg00646.html Anyway, I don't think there's anything we can do to help. It sounds more like the kind of thing to report to Ubuntu.