{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/milkypostman/powerline/issues/71","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/milkypostman/powerline/issues/71/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/milkypostman/powerline/issues/71/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/milkypostman/powerline/issues/71/events","html_url":"https://github.com/milkypostman/powerline/issues/71","id":49251020,"number":71,"title":"In a terminal the modeline is blank on startup","user":{"login":"wrachwal","id":59827,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/59827?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/wrachwal","html_url":"https://github.com/wrachwal","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wrachwal/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wrachwal/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wrachwal/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wrachwal/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wrachwal/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wrachwal/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wrachwal/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wrachwal/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wrachwal/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2014-11-18T16:07:13Z","updated_at":"2015-03-03T17:05:29Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Emacs 24.4 compiled from source, checked in gnome teminal and xterm. I have to e.g. M-x C-g to get the modeline displayed.\r\n\r\n$ emacs -nw -Q -l check-powerline.el\r\n\r\n```elisp\r\n(require 'package)\r\n(setq package-user-dir \"~/tmp/emacs/elpa\")\r\n(add-to-list 'package-archives '(\"melpa\" . \"http://melpa.org/packages/\") t)\r\n(package-initialize)\r\n(dolist (pkg '(powerline))\r\n  (when (not (package-installed-p pkg))\r\n    (package-install pkg)))\r\n(require 'powerline)\r\n(powerline-default-theme)\r\n```"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/milkypostman/powerline/issues/comments/76987425","html_url":"https://github.com/milkypostman/powerline/issues/71#issuecomment-76987425","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/milkypostman/powerline/issues/71","id":76987425,"user":{"login":"supernintendo","id":5893007,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5893007?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/supernintendo","html_url":"https://github.com/supernintendo","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/supernintendo/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/supernintendo/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/supernintendo/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/supernintendo/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/supernintendo/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/supernintendo/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/supernintendo/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/supernintendo/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/supernintendo/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-03T17:05:29Z","updated_at":"2015-03-03T17:05:29Z","body":"Do you see anything in your messages buffer? I have the same issue and get:\r\n\r\n`Error during redisplay: (eval (let* ((active (powerline-selected-window-active)) (mode-line (if active (quote mode-line) (quote mode-line-inactive))) (face1 (if active (quote powerline-active1) (quote powerline-inactive1))) (face2 (if active (quote powerline-active2) (quote powerline-inactive2))) (separator-left (intern (format \"powerline-%s-%s\" powerline-default-separator (car powerline-default-separator-dir)))) (separator-right (intern (format \"powerline-%s-%s\" powerline-default-separator (cdr powerline-default-separator-dir)))) (lhs (list (powerline-raw \"%*\" nil (quote l)) (powerline-buffer-size nil (quote l)) (powerline-buffer-id nil (quote l)) (powerline-raw \" \") (funcall separator-left mode-line face1) (powerline-narrow face1 (quote l)) (powerline-vc face1))) (rhs (list (powerline-raw global-mode-string face1 (quote r)) (powerline-raw \"%4l\" face1 (quote r)) (powerline-raw \":\" face1) (powerline-raw \"%3c\" face1 (quote r)) (funcall separator-right face1 mode-line) (powerline-raw \" \") (powerline-raw \"%6p\" nil (quote r)) (powerline-hud face2 face1))) (center (list (powerline-raw \" \" face1) (funcall separator-left face1 face2) (when (boundp (quote erc-modified-channels-object)) (powerline-raw erc-modified-channels-object face2 (quote l))) (powerline-major-mode face2 (quote l)) (powerline-process face2) (powerline-raw \" :\" face2) (powerline-minor-modes face2 (quote l)) (powerline-raw \" \" face2) (funcall separator-right face2 face1)))) (concat (powerline-render lhs) (powerline-fill-center face1 (/ (powerline-width center) 2.0)) (powerline-render center) (powerline-fill face1 (powerline-width rhs)) (powerline-render rhs)))) signaled (void-variable powerline-selected-window)`"}}