Problem with emacs(haven't .emacs)

[Lowell Gilbert]

Don't top-post, please.

Alexandr <admin at alexandr.fdns.net> writes:

> On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 10:51:55AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > Alexandr <admin at alexandr.fdns.net> writes:
> > 
> > > When I wrote in shell:
> > > >emacs
> > > 
> > > I give :
> > > Warning: Color name "black" is not defined
> > > Fatal error (11).Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> > > 
> > > I have emacs19,20,21 This messages I get with all off them... 
> > > 
> > > What I must do???
> > 
> > At a wild guess, you have a .emacs file in your home directory which
> > is causing the problem; remove it or remove the color references in it...


> I haven't .emacs in my home directory.
> I have this problem long time and did no know what can I do. I reinstall my system, but this did help me.

Try starting emacs with the -q option.  If that does not make any
difference, try the --no-site-file option as well as -q.  If one of
those helps, that should point at the problem.

[If you didn't install emacs from a port or package, do that.]