I can confirm this bug on a "clean" Ubuntu 8.04.2 amd64 (ie I never installed slime or even emacs on it before), and adding the proposed line to ~/.emacs is indeed a working solution.
** Changed in: slime (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- SLIME looks for wrong lisp by default https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/258383 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs