I just checked out the current repository, compiled, and this problem doesn't exist for me anymore.
Looks like it was fixed.
Thanks,
Josh
Joshua Redstone <redstone@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
> I downloaded emacs 23.1 and built it with './configure ; make' without incident
> on my linux box 2.6.20.
> In my .emacs I have the following specifying the default face:
> (custom-set-faces
> ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
> ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
> ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
> ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
> '(default ((t (:stipple nil :background "black" :foreground "white"
> :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil
> :slant normal :weight normal :height 140 :width normal))))
> When I start emacs without --daemon, it starts without errors, works fine, and
> the default face has reasonable values:
> -----------
This sounds a lot like bug#1078
could you try with emacs from CVS and see if you get the problem there too?