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  • Start problem with emacs 25.3.1

    From Burkhard Schultheis@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 7 13:39:53 2018
    I have a new SLES 15 machine, deployed from a template. Emacs was
    installed (25.3.1). But the behavior at start is a little strange:

    I call emacs /etc/fstab and I see the following: The window starts with
    a usual size, then it shrinks and shows me 3 lines of the buffer *GNU
    Emacs* only. If I display the buffer list, I see fstab on position 1.
    Then the behavior is normal.

    When I detected this, I copied my old .emacs file from another machine,
    but nothing changed at startup.

    The same emacs version on opensuse 15 does not have this problem.

    What could it be? I use emacs about 20 years, but have never seen such a startup. Please help!

    Regards
    Burkhard

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  • From Ben Bacarisse@21:1/5 to Burkhard Schultheis on Fri Dec 7 17:17:57 2018
    Burkhard Schultheis <[email protected]> writes:

    I have a new SLES 15 machine, deployed from a template. Emacs was
    installed (25.3.1). But the behavior at start is a little strange:

    I call emacs /etc/fstab and I see the following: The window starts
    with a usual size, then it shrinks and shows me 3 lines of the buffer
    *GNU Emacs* only. If I display the buffer list, I see fstab on
    position 1. Then the behavior is normal.

    Just to be sure it's "naked" Emacs, check that you have no X resources
    that apply (I've seen odd size effects from some of these and then run
    emacs -Q /etc/fstab to confirm the behaviour. To check X resources, use
    xrdb -query -all.

    <snip>
    --
    Ben.

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  • From Glenn Morris@21:1/5 to Burkhard Schultheis on Fri Dec 7 10:05:55 2018
    Burkhard Schultheis wrote:

    I call emacs /etc/fstab and I see the following: The window starts
    with a usual size, then it shrinks and shows me 3 lines of the buffer
    *GNU Emacs* only.

    https://debbugs.gnu.org/23144

    TLDR: either (preferably) update to Emacs 26.1, or (possibly) rebuild 25.3.

    PS gnu.emacs.help is a better resource for GNU Emacs questions.

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  • From Burkhard Schultheis@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 10 11:29:35 2018
    Am 07.12.2018 um 19:05 schrieb Glenn Morris:
    Burkhard Schultheis wrote:

    I call emacs /etc/fstab and I see the following: The window starts
    with a usual size, then it shrinks and shows me 3 lines of the buffer
    *GNU Emacs* only.

    https://debbugs.gnu.org/23144

    TLDR: either (preferably) update to Emacs 26.1, or (possibly) rebuild 25.3.

    PS gnu.emacs.help is a better resource for GNU Emacs questions.


    That's the reason why. I opened a service request. I hope, they will
    build a new version soon. We must use repository versions only. ;-)

    Thanks a lot!

    Regards
    Burkhard

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  • From Burkhard Schultheis@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 10 11:27:54 2018
    Am 07.12.2018 um 18:17 schrieb Ben Bacarisse:
    Burkhard Schultheis <[email protected]> writes:

    I have a new SLES 15 machine, deployed from a template. Emacs was
    installed (25.3.1). But the behavior at start is a little strange:

    I call emacs /etc/fstab and I see the following: The window starts
    with a usual size, then it shrinks and shows me 3 lines of the buffer
    *GNU Emacs* only. If I display the buffer list, I see fstab on
    position 1. Then the behavior is normal.

    Just to be sure it's "naked" Emacs, check that you have no X resources
    that apply (I've seen odd size effects from some of these and then run
    emacs -Q /etc/fstab to confirm the behaviour. To check X resources, use
    xrdb -query -all.

    <snip>


    Thanks, but there are absolutely no X resources on the machine. The
    other answer helped.

    Regards
    Burkhard

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  • From Burkhard Schultheis@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 10 20:10:50 2018
    XPost: gnu.emacs.help

    Am 10.12.2018 um 11:29 schrieb Burkhard Schultheis:
    Am 07.12.2018 um 19:05 schrieb Glenn Morris:
    Burkhard Schultheis wrote:

    I call emacs /etc/fstab and I see the following: The window starts
    with a usual size, then it shrinks and shows me 3 lines of the buffer
    *GNU Emacs* only.

    https://debbugs.gnu.org/23144

    TLDR: either (preferably) update to Emacs 26.1, or (possibly) rebuild
    25.3.

    PS gnu.emacs.help is a better resource for GNU Emacs questions.


    That's the reason why. I opened a service request. I hope, they will
    build a new version soon. We must use repository versions only. ;-)

    It's a little bit more complicated: It depends on the X server. With the
    X server of the System (on the VMware system console) the error is
    absent. But it is there whit the X server of Mobaxterm and with vcXsrv.

    Strange!

    Regards
    Burkhard

    F'up to gnu.emacs.help set!

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