bug#73244: Emacs29.3 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.41

["John Hurst" <ajh@ajhurst.org>]

Do you need any more input from me?

I have noticed a few other reports of similar bugs, so I would be surprised if it was only me.

cheers,
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On Sat, 12 Oct 2024, at 22:48, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
>> Cc: ajh@ajhurst.org,  73244@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 19:05:30 +0800
>> 
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> > Ping!
>> >
>> >> Cc: ajh@ajhurst.org, 73244@debbugs.gnu.org
>> >> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 14:19:12 +0300
>> >> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
>> >> 
>> >> > From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
>> >> > Cc: "John Hurst" <ajh@ajhurst.org>,  73244@debbugs.gnu.org
>> >> > Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 17:58:00 +0800
>> >> > 
>> >> > Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> >> > 
>> >> > >> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 12:42:50 +1000
>> >> > >> From: "John Hurst" <ajh@ajhurst.org>
>> >> > >> 
>> >> > >> The bug I have, since upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04 and install emacs29 is that the initial frame has width x height of 20 x 9, even though I have a .Xresources file containing
>> >> > >>    Emacs*geometry: 100x40+1900+0
>> >> > >> end a default-frame-alist of
>> >> > >>   Value:
>> >> > >>   ((font . "Monospace-10")
>> >> > >>    (height . 42)
>> >> > >>    (width . 90)
>> >> > >>    (tool-bar-lines . 0)
>> >> > >>    (menu-bar-lines . 1)
>> >> > >>    (top . 0)
>> >> > >>    (left . 1200))
>> >> > >>   Original value was nil
>> >> > >> set up by my .emacs file.
>> >> > >> 
>> >> > >> Using either the pull-down File->New Frame, or C-x 5 2, both generate new frames of the 20 x 9 size.
>> >> > >> 
>> >> > >> I can send the .emacs file if needed, but note that "emacs -D' also gives the same default size of 20 x 9, so I don't think it is a problem with my .emacs file - which did work OK under Ubuntu 22.04 and emacs28.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Po Lu, any comments or suggestions?
>> >> > 
>> >> > >From what I've heard, the culprit is rather the upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04
>> >> > than to Emacs 29, and the problem will disappear if Emacs is configured
>> >> > with another toolkit than GTK.
>> >> 
>> >> Does it mean that GTK which comes with Ubuntu 24.04 is unusable with
>> >> Emacs?  What exactly in GTK causes this?
>> 
>> Sorry for the belated response.  We don't know yet, and it's not an
>> issue with GTK, but with some past update to the window manager.
>
> How should we proceed with this bug, then?