emacs window a solid black block after a distribution upgrade

Ian Bruntlett ian.bruntlett at gmail.com
Sat Jan 28 12:25:34 UTC 2023


Hi Liam,

On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 at 14:04, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there any place in the expansion slots to connect a monitor?
>
It looks like there are some short, vertical, expansion slots but the
covers of the slots seem to have been undisturbed.

>
> If not, it sounds like the machine shipped with an AMD card, and maybe
> either it was an optional extra, or it was removed from yours. :-(
>
I suspect it was an optional extra.


> An old cast-off PCI-E display adaptor may work better for you, and it
> will also give you more free memory, because currently the chipset
> video is using some of the main system RAM for the display.
>
> I have several old ones lying around -- but they are in Prague and I
> am now in the Isle of Man.
>
OK, No problem.

The Wayland developers are in deep denial about this, but it still
> doesn't have anything much to offer many (most?) ordinary users.
>
OK.

Thanks for your help,


Ian

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