Hello, Sorry again for my poor english, I installed Mandrake 8.2 on my tp600x. I de-install Emacs 21..., and install 20.7 With v21 or 20.7, with or without .emacs, i obtain : http://netman.system.free.fr/public/tp600x/pb_emacs.png You can see difference of colors in background. It' a Xfree 4 problem ? Thanks by advance.