Recent tests show that the problem is with the oxygen-gtk themes (GTK2 and GTK3).
When other themes are enabled both the GUI for emacs23 and emacs24 start every time. ** Summary changed: - emacs23 does not start reliably when run in Kubuntu 13.04 + emacs23 does not start reliably when run in Kubuntu 13.04 with oxygen-gtk theme enabled ** Also affects: gtk2-engines-oxygen (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: oxygen-gtk3 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: oxygen-gtk3 (Ubuntu) ** Also affects: oxygen-gtk3 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - emacs23 does not start reliably when run in Kubuntu 13.04 with oxygen-gtk theme enabled + emacs23/24 GUI does not start when run in Kubuntu 13.04 with oxygen-gtk theme enabled ** Tags added: oxygen -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to gtk2-engines-oxygen in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1142213 Title: emacs23/24 GUI does not start when run in Kubuntu 13.04 with oxygen- gtk theme enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs23/+bug/1142213/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs