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

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

[John Hurst]

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post a bug, but I tried the M-x report-emacs-bug, and it just said "Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, emacs-19"??

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.

Any insights gratefully received.

cheers,
-- John Hurst
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bug#73245: Emacs29.3 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.41

[John Hurst]

Sorry, forgot to add, in case it is relevant, that when run from the command line, emacs gives many messages of the form:
  (emacs:1556302): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 12:40:47.974: gtk_distribute_natural_allocation: assertion 'extra_space >= 0' failed

This means nothing to me, but presumably is important?

cheers,
-- John Hurst
--
-- ajh AT ajhurst DOT org                       ~ ~~~&#:
--  (mob 0407 569 292)              _..___  ---____@___H__
-- (local)  ajh.co                  |_____[_|_________[__]_
-- (global) ajhurst.org              oo oo  oo O--O--O o=o
--
-- Hurst's Third Law of telecommunications: 
--    ISPs are not as smart as spammers

On Sat, 14 Sep 2024, at 12:42, John Hurst wrote:
> Sorry if this is the wrong place to post a bug, but I tried the M-x 
> report-emacs-bug, and it just said "Cannot open load file: No such file 
> or directory, emacs-19"??
>
> 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.
>
> Any insights gratefully received.
>
> cheers,
> -- John Hurst
> --
> -- ajh AT ajhurst DOT org                       ~ ~~~&#:
> --  (mob 0407 569 292)              _..___  ---____@___H__
> -- (local)  ajh.co                  |_____[_|_________[__]_
> -- (global) ajhurst.org              oo oo  oo O--O--O o=o
> --
> -- Hurst's Third Law of telecommunications: 
> --    ISPs are not as smart as spammers

bug#73245: Emacs29.3 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.41

[Eli Zaretskii]

merge 73245 73244
thanks

> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 12:45:08 +1000
> From: "John Hurst" <ajh@ajhurst.org>
> 
> Sorry, forgot to add, in case it is relevant, that when run from the command line, emacs gives many messages of the form:
>   (emacs:1556302): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 12:40:47.974: gtk_distribute_natural_allocation: assertion 'extra_space >= 0' failed
> 
> This means nothing to me, but presumably is important?

For some reason, debbugs created a new bug from this, so I'm now
merging them.

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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 12:42:50 +1000
> From: "John Hurst" <ajh@ajhurst.org>
> 
> Sorry if this is the wrong place to post a bug, but I tried the M-x report-emacs-bug, and it just said "Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, emacs-19"??

Probably some of your customizations point to such a file or
directory.  Please take a good look at your init files.

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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> 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?

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

[Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

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.

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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> 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?