display sometimes does not update after enter key
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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vte (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-terminal
Release: intrepid
Occasionally the gnome-terminal screen does not update after pressing the enter or return key, regardless of the application running (eg, bash, mutt, python).
This may be the same as or related to bug #279993 (Display bug in terminal with "cd" and "ls" in quick succession) but reported here as the behaviour is observed in more than just the shell.
The bug usually manifests itself, as in the above bug, as the display failing to update after a command is entered into an interactive console session, such as bash or python. A further keypress updates the screen.
Just now it occurred to me using mutt: I press enter to select a message and the screen did not update. Entering another keystroke did cause the screen to update, but as that message was smaller than the screen, the previous screen (the message list) was still showing at the bottom. Switching to another window and back caused the screen to be updated, and so I cannot attach a screenshot.
I am using compiz with custom settings (and don't want to turn it off because I lose my settings and don't know how to get them back).
I too am using nvidia driver.
Nothing relevant in .xsession-errors.
avdd@modest$ apt-cache policy gnome-terminal
gnome-terminal:
Installed: 2.24.1.1-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 2.24.1.1-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 2.24.1.1-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
2.
500 http://
I see this exact same behavior with Yakuake when I have compiz running on Kubuntu 9.04a4 (64-bit) w/nvidia 180.27. It happens all the time. Disabling Compiz causes the terminal to work fine again.
I've noticed that other parts of the terminal are sometimes slow to update (slower than the rest of the terminal window) if you have a plasmoid behind them. :\