Re: Emacs starts with current screen contents in its display buffer

[J. David Boyd]

Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:

> Segundo Bob <segundobob@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> But this doesn't make emacs usable.  Nothing is ever
>> erased from the screen.  Information is overwritten
>> with new information, but when a new buffer is
>> displayed the text beyond the text in the new buffer
>> is still displayed.
>>
>> I have no idea which problem above to attack first.
>
> You have a bunch of error messages/warnings there so
> you can start with them.
>
>> Loading 00debian-vars...done Loading
>> 
>> /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el
>> (source)...  Loading
>> /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el
>> (source)...  Error while loading
>> 50dictionaries-common: Symbol's value as variable is
>> void: debian-aspell-only-dictionary-alist Loading
>
> I'm on Debian, and I have/use aspell, but I don't have
> that (the alist) in the 50dictionaries-common file.
>
>> /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-goodies-el.el
>> (source)...done Loading
>> /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50pylint.el (source)...
>> Loading pylint...done Loading
>> /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50pylint.el (source)...done
>> Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-docutils.el
>> (source)...done Loading
>> /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50yasnippet.el (source)...
>> flet' is an obsolete macro (as of 24.3); use either
>> cl-flet' or `cl-letf'.  (lambda (field1 field2) ...)
>> quoted with ' rather than with #' `flet' is an obsolete
>> macro (as of 24.3); use either cl-flet' or `cl-letf'.
>
> An "obsolete macro" shouldn't cause total havoc one
> would think.
>
>> Package assoc is obsolete!  Type C-x 1
>> to delete the help window, C-M-v to scroll help.
>
> Yeah, same there.
>
> All of that seems to relate to packages and/or the
> installation of Emacs. Try not using any packages. Or
> try reinstalling Emacs. What happens with 'emacs -Q'?

It almost sounds as if you have the wrong terminal type selected, so that the
code emacs sends to clear the screen isn't.

Like suggested, start emacs with 'emacs -Q'.

Then start a shell in emacs, and see what your terminal type is set to...

For example, when I start a shell, and type  echo $TERM, I get 'dumb', and it
all works fine.

Let us know.

Dave