[developers] Weird GUI behavior on new ubuntu machine

[Emily M. Bender]

And one more follow up: When I run the software on the
same machine but with x-forwarding to a (separate) mac,
the problems do not arise.

Emily

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Emily M. Bender
<ebender at u.washington.edu> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm enjoying running logon/lkb/[incr tsdb()] on my new blindingly-fast
> machine. It's actually a mac, but I'm running Ubuntu under VMWare
> fusion, and logon on the VM.   I've got an up-to-date copy of `trunk'.
>  The ubuntu is 8.10, Intrepid Ibex.
>
> When I start it up, I get the font errors in the attached buffer.
> Perhaps relatedly, the menu fonts for both the [incr tsdb()] podium
> and the LKB top menu are HUGE.  Also, the text input in the  [incr
> tsdb()] podium doesn't work, and when I quit (by selecting Quit in the
> lkb top menu or by typing :exit at the lisp prompt)  my emacs ceases
> to head any keyboard input.
>
> Does this particular constellation of symptoms sound familiar to anyone?
>
> Emily
>