Package: emacs21
Version: 21.4a+1-3etch1
Severity: normal
When I start emacs, characters display as an empty box. See screenshot:
http://www.taleman.fi/Emacs-kumma.png
If I go to Options | Mule | Set Font/Fontset and select Courier 14 pt,
characters on the main window start showing properly. But still
mouseover icons on the toolbar pops up a string of empty boxes.
If I log in as another user on this same computer, Emacs starts
showing OK characters.
I have tried to fix this by:
- installing all reasonable looking font packages
- removing all ~/.emacs* files
- removing with -rf: ~/.gnome* ~/.gtk* ~/.gconf*
- removing ~/.fontconfig
- playing with /etc/X11/xorg.conf
I don't have ~/.Xdefaults. I tried checking also other files in my
home directory that could maybe affect emacs and fonts.
Originally emacs complained on startup about missing fonts. I got rid
of this message with the font package installation fest.
Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
I had this same problem late last year, then it disappeared after I
had messed with xorg.conf enough. Never did figure out what change was
the right one. Problem came back two months ago and I even tried other
editors, but I want Emacs.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages emacs21 depends on:
ii emacs21-bin-common 21.4a+1-3etch1 The GNU Emacs editor's shared, arc
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libice6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime
ii libsm6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Session Management library
ii libtiff4 3.8.2-7 Tag Image File Format (TIFF) libra
ii libungif4g 4.1.4-4 shared library for GIF images
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxmu6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.5-2 X11 pixmap library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii xaw3dg 1.5+E-14 Xaw3d widget set
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime
emacs21 recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thu Feb 14 18:20:37 PST
2008
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "v4l"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fi"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Acer AL2416W"
HorizSync 24.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 49.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia Corporation 8600 GT"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "nVidia Corporation 8600 GT"
Monitor "Acer AL2416W"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1920x1200" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1920x1200" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1920x1200" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1920x1200" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1920x1200" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1200" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
