Problems with emacs 23 in ubuntu 10.04

[Kjetil Halvorsen]

followup to self:

I just did an experiment, I killed the firefox process, and then started
emacs 23.
Then the problem symptoms disappeared!!

Kjetil

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:25, Kjetil Halvorsen <kjetil1001 at gmail.com>wrote:

> One BIG problem with ububtu 10.04 (32 bit version) (for me the largest
> problem!) is that
> gnu emacs malfunctions! On starting up emacs, (large) parts of the text in
> the emacs buffers
> are overwritten by black lines, making the text in the buffer difficult to
> impossible to read.
> This showed up after updating to 10.04, then (seemed to) disappear for some
> days, but today, after running update, reappeared.
> What to do?
>
> Its difficult for me to work without a working emacs!
>
> kjetil
>
> --
> The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who make
> empty prophecies.
> The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with
> the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell.
>
> St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
>
>
>
>


-- 
The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who make
empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have
made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in
the bonds of Hell.

St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
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