*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 300935 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300935
I finally got a workaround working. See the links mentioned in my previous comment for background. Note that this is NoMachine NX, not FreeNX. The solution for me was to just add /etc/X11/rgb.txt and restart the nxserver $ sudo cp /usr/share/emacs/23.0.93/etc/rgb.txt /etc/X11/rgb.txt Notes: (1) $ strings /usr/NX/bin/* | grep /rgb /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb /usr/share/X11/rgb /etc/X11/rgb -- so the files /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt and /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt may also be needed (for something. I don't know). (2) The file rgb.txt ships with many packages, see for example $ apt-file search rgb.txt It can probably also be downloaded from the Internet. However, do *not* use the one that ships with NX itself ( /usr/NX/share/rgb.txt ), that one did not work for me for some reason. All in all, I think this is a duplicate of bug #300935 . Any objections? -- emacs broken in jaunty (and intrepid) on ec2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/358678 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs