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joesmoe10
September 26th, 2008, 04:12 PM
Hey all,

I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 with gnome and I'm having trouble starting programs. I can't start the gui emacs consistently. Most of the time starting emacs starts the process but no screen appears (checked with ps -A). However, I can start the terminal emacs (emacs -nw) normally. I also can't open the display window to change the desktop background.

Other gui progams launch fine (gvim, evolution, firefox), emacs and the desktop dialog seem to be the only one's not working.

Thanks,
Joe