From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tom Roche Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: problem running graphical GNU Emacs 24 Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:58:18 -0500 Message-ID: <87y5v49ad1.fsf@pobox.com> Reply-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Tom Roche NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1322189785 18460 80.91.229.12 (25 Nov 2011 02:56:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:56:25 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 25 03:56:21 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1RTlxd-0001ke-2Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:56:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58054 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RTlxc-00080m-NW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:56:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:55828) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RTlxX-00080g-KK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:56:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RTlxW-0001Za-B5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:56:15 -0500 Original-Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:64597 helo=smtp.pobox.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RTlxW-0001ZU-8U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:56:14 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED4E85EB7; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:56:12 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to :subject:reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s= sasl; bh=t6fiK5ThpSAQlUTBuzWCL7HGIa0=; b=jxCPGc8KklERuuki1Sb6z9A mBC08nP1umw0xLW+5xoFcUU2uESrOb5xO1PDrTlIr6kwmhhPSH9iN9SCgHDDlr9M pSQr7DwdtwGs88sblO2J2uaZ9ILieikIQdCbeSJYhsHay/S1TF2xL3lHWdfSIB/E 3fHh78E2X88zsebw/Fk8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:subject :reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; q=dns; s= sasl; b=OdwRvG/1k3vIPycRu8ATuUcuZPMrMmVtVHXUWIv7d4DQLHaZ2pUe4nlO L/44wk/y81KGGTqqYiis6F2vZy0m1DFCd9WHFBE6AIT2x/Tbx9imjpILImmWmM+q Zv9W3PJzOdcAUCWvqPjP5CklA3hD+OIzDl+TRYCPnfE8uCPZwhs= Original-Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5B4D5EB6; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:56:12 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from tlrPanP5.pobox.com (unknown [24.225.70.135]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 6388B5EB1; Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:56:12 -0500 (EST) User-Agent: GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.4) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 08C252DC-1711-11E1-A50E-9DB42E706CDE-07218935!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-Received-From: 208.72.237.35 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:83041 Archived-At: summary: I can start emacs 24 in a terminal, but not graphically. details: I'm running $ lsb_release -ds Linux Mint Debian Edition # Update Pack 3 $ uname -rv 2.6.39-2-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 5 02:51:22 UTC 2011 I can currently run $ emacs --version GNU Emacs 23.3.1 both graphically (in an X window) and in a shell (terminal window), and want to be able to run emacs 24 both ways. I backed up my sources.list, appended the debian emacs-snapshot repositories, added their keys, and updated: $ diff /etc/apt/sources.list_20111122_0736 /etc/apt/sources.list 15a16,18 > # for emacs 24 stable: see http://emacs.naquadah.org/ > deb http://emacs.naquadah.org/ stable/ > deb-src http://emacs.naquadah.org/ stable/ $ wget -q -O - http://emacs.naquadah.org/key.gpg | sudo apt-key add - OK $ sudo aptitude update ; sudo aptitude -s full-upgrade ... I then installed emacs for use in X and shell: $ sudo aptitude install emacs-snapshot-el emacs-snapshot-gtk emacs-snapshot-nox ... $ which emacs /usr/bin/emacs $ ls -alh /usr/bin/emacs* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Aug 14 22:53 /usr/bin/emacs -> /etc/alternatives/emacs lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Aug 14 22:53 /usr/bin/emacs23 -> emacs23-x -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11M Apr 10 2011 /usr/bin/emacs23-x lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Aug 14 22:53 /usr/bin/emacsclient -> /etc/alternatives/emacsclient -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21K Apr 10 2011 /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs23 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26K Nov 21 09:53 /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs-snapshot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Nov 22 08:10 /usr/bin/emacs-snapshot -> /etc/alternatives/emacs-snapshot -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12M Nov 21 09:53 /usr/bin/emacs-snapshot-nox When I run $ emacs --debug-init & I get the graphical/X version of emacs, in a new window. But when I run $ emacs-snapshot --debug-init & I get > [1]+ Stopped emacs-snapshot --debug-init which, after `fg 1`, runs emacs 24 in the terminal. I expected, instead, the same behavior as emacs 23. What must I do to start a graphical instance of emacs 24? TIA, Tom Roche