[ltp] tp600x, emacs 20.7, display pb

[Vivek]

On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Chris Wallace wrote:

> *** List MOVED use linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org for future postings
> ***netman,
>
> I think it's an emacs problem.  It's reading settings from some file
> created by Mandrake or KDE.  Check ~/.Xdefaults ~/.emacs for colour
> settings and edit as necessary.
[snip]
> >>> netman.system@free.fr 07/10/02 06:48:11 >>>
> > 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 ?

If you're using KDE, it has a setting somewhere (on by default)
which causes it to try and force its colours onto non-kde apps,
this might be the problem:

Try:
   http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=KDE+settings&meta=group%3Dcomp.emacs.*