As per diagnostics in comment #3, added a task for overlay-scrollbar. For background, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ayatana/ScrollBars has comments regarding the blacklist towards the end of the page (but if previous history is any indication, the link will be broken by the time you try to click).
** Also affects: overlay-scrollbar (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - emacs24 scroll bar not present + Add emacs24 to overlay-scrollbars blacklist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to overlay-scrollbar in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068373 Title: Add emacs24 to overlay-scrollbars blacklist Status in emacs24 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in overlay-scrollbar package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The Emacs (version 24) window has a grey zone on the right where the scroll bar would normally be, but there is no scroll bar actually there, nor does the Unity-style popup scroll bar appear when the mouse is over the right edge of the window. I've attached a screenshot showing the grey empty space with the missing scrollbar. Note that in the screenshot I've also turned off the emacs "fringe", which in the default configuration adds additional grey space on both sides of the window. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: emacs24 24.1+1-2ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Oct 18 18:42:45 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/emacs24-x InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20120926) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: emacs24 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs24/+bug/1068373/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp