forcemerge 352811 471518
thanks

On 2008-03-18 18:07 +0100, Tapio Lehtonen wrote:

> 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

You're not the first one to report this, see
http://bugs.debian.org/352811.  Unfortunately the reason for the problem
has not been found yet. :-(

> If I log in as another user on this same computer, Emacs starts
> showing OK characters.

Maybe you can find out what the difference is, that would be much
appreciated.

> 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.

Of course.  You can either run `emacs -nw' in a terminal or try out
Emacs 22 (you would need to build it yourself, since no backport for etch
seems to be available).

Sven


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