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I don't know for sure. Have you tried running it from an xterm in X.
Also I have 2 versions of emacs:
    emacs-19.27-no-x11
    emacs-19.27-with-x11
a symbolic link then points emacs to the "with" version. Originally
it pointed to the "no" version. emacs will still work if not in X, as
it is smart enought to know the difference. The "with" version is
somewhat larger than the other version. Check your link. Maybe that
will solve your problem.

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Hi !

its solve. Thanks Paul. Its working. You are right, i forgot to put the
symbolic link to emac-19.27-with-x11

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I suppose you tried to launch emacs from a window-manager menu, rather
than a shell command in an xterm. Try launching it from an xterm as
you would from a console and it will probably come up in the xterm
(tty-based, no X support). If not, the problem is elsewhere.

The menu entry in your window manager probably points to "emacs" which
is, on most setups, a symlink to a text-based emacs executable, thus,
that can only work when launched from a tty, which is not the case when
the window-manager (fvwm I suppose) tries to run it. You have several solutions :

Straightforward :

- edit the window manager's setup file so that the "emacs" entry
points to the correct executable.

Less straightforward, but much more flexible :

- change "emacs" to a small script that checks for the existence of
the DISPLAY var and launch the correct executable (check that your
xinitrc exports one).

Easy-lazy :

- run the emacs executable with X support from an xterm.
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