Re: bizzare text scrolling

[Hadron]

Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> writes:

> I've been using GNU Emacs 21.4.1 on kunbuntu 7.04 amd64 for a couple of
> months now. I originally installed emacs from the debian repository via
> apt-get, and it has worked just fine.
>
> I just re-installed emacs from aptitude, which is the gui-based 
> version of apt-get. I am now seeing some very strange behavior.
> Specifically, text in a buffer will start *scrolling* - I've seen this
> happen in *scratch* where as best as I can tell, words like "zoning" appear.
>
> This also occurs in source code files - which is really alarming.
> Although when I apply some action to the buffer, like a mouse click
> or keystroke, the scrolling stops and the buffer (appears) to revert
> to the original content.
>
> Any ideas on how to make this stop?
> thanks
> tim

Weird. I saw this for the first time today myself after Ubuntu crashed
and I had to reinstall.