Terminator window disappears on first opening

[Paul Brook]

I am running Terminator 0.98 on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS.

I have been using Terminator for a year or two and I really like it except for one bug I'm having:

When I open the Terminator terminal for the first time after booting my machine, as soon as I alt-tab away from it (or just click away), it disappears. I try to come back to it and it has gone, and any work I was doing has gone with it. I often have to recover the file etc..

Once this has happened the first time, then I reopen and everything will be fine for the rest of the session.

[deaunapaul (waxmigs2902)]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 6:10 AM Paul Brook <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> I am running Terminator 0.98 on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS.
>
> I have been using Terminator for a year or two and I really like it
> except for one bug I'm having:
>
> When I open the Terminator terminal for the first time after booting my
> machine, as soon as I alt-tab away from it (or just click away), it
> disappears. I try to come back to it and it has gone, and any work I was
> doing has gone with it. I often have to recover the file etc..
>
> Once this has happened the first time, then I reopen and everything will
> be fine for the rest of the session.
>
> ** Affects: terminator
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to
> Terminator.
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711228
>
> Title:
> Terminator window disappears on first opening
>
> Status in Terminator:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I am running Terminator 0.98 on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS.
>
> I have been using Terminator for a year or two and I really like it
> except for one bug I'm having:
>
> When I open the Terminator terminal for the first time after booting
> my machine, as soon as I alt-tab away from it (or just click away), it
> disappears. I try to come back to it and it has gone, and any work I
> was doing has gone with it. I often have to recover the file etc..
>
> Once this has happened the first time, then I reopen and everything
> will be fine for the rest of the session.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/1711228/+subscriptions
>
--
Waxmiguel

[Paul Brook (paulbrook)]

I should also add that this has been happening for many months now, it
hasn't just appeared. Maybe a year or more.

---
Paul Brook

On 16 August 2017 at 18:11, wax miguel <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thanks, I'll check it out.
>
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 6:10 AM Paul Brook <email address hidden>
> wrote:
>
> > Public bug reported:
> >
> > I am running Terminator 0.98 on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS.
> >
> > I have been using Terminator for a year or two and I really like it
> > except for one bug I'm having:
> >
> > When I open the Terminator terminal for the first time after booting my
> > machine, as soon as I alt-tab away from it (or just click away), it
> > disappears. I try to come back to it and it has gone, and any work I was
> > doing has gone with it. I often have to recover the file etc..
> >
> > Once this has happened the first time, then I reopen and everything will
> > be fine for the rest of the session.
> >
> > ** Affects: terminator
> > Importance: Undecided
> > Status: New
> >
> > --
> > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to
> > Terminator.
> > Matching subscriptions: bitcoin
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711228
> >
> > Title:
> > Terminator window disappears on first opening
> >
> > Status in Terminator:
> > New
> >
> > Bug description:
> > I am running Terminator 0.98 on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS.
> >
> > I have been using Terminator for a year or two and I really like it
> > except for one bug I'm having:
> >
> > When I open the Terminator terminal for the first time after booting
> > my machine, as soon as I alt-tab away from it (or just click away), it
> > disappears. I try to come back to it and it has gone, and any work I
> > was doing has gone with it. I often have to recover the file etc..
> >
> > Once this has happened the first time, then I reopen and everything
> > will be fine for the rest of the session.
> >
> > To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/1711228/+subscriptions
> >
> --
> Waxmiguel
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711228
>
> Title:
> Terminator window disappears on first opening
>
> Status in Terminator:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I am running Terminator 0.98 on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS.
>
> I have been using Terminator for a year or two and I really like it
> except for one bug I'm having:
>
> When I open the Terminator terminal for the first time after booting
> my machine, as soon as I alt-tab away from it (or just click away), it
> disappears. I try to come back to it and it has gone, and any work I
> was doing has gone with it. I often have to recover the file etc..
>
> Once this has happened the first time, then I reopen and everything
> will be fine for the rest of the session.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/1711228/+subscriptions
>

[Stephen Boddy (stephen-j-boddy)]

Hi Paul, I'm the maintainer. The wax miguel account looks kinda spammy when I look at his contributions, so don't be surprised if that comment is the entirety of their contribution.

One possibility is that you accidentally activated "Hide on lose focus" in the Global tab of the Preferences dialog. Check it and disable it if it is checked.

In case this is not the answer, 0.98 is pretty old now and I'm not doing any further changes. I'd strongly recommend you try the nightly PPA as it is much more up-to-date.

[Stephen Boddy (stephen-j-boddy)]

"Check it and disable it if it is checked."

Ugh! Would you believe English is my mother tongue?

"Ensure this item is unchecked."

[Paul Brook (paulbrook)]

Thank you for responding.

Hide on lose focus is indeed unchecked :)

I'll give the newer stuff a shot, thank you!

On 16 Aug 2017 6:55 pm, "Stephen Boddy" <email address hidden> wrote:

Hi Paul, I'm the maintainer. The wax miguel account looks kinda spammy
when I look at his contributions, so don't be surprised if that comment
is the entirety of their contribution.

One possibility is that you accidentally activated "Hide on lose focus"
in the Global tab of the Preferences dialog. Check it and disable it if
it is checked.

In case this is not the answer, 0.98 is pretty old now and I'm not doing
any further changes. I'd strongly recommend you try the nightly PPA as
it is much more up-to-date.

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Title:
  Terminator window disappears on first opening

Status in Terminator:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I am running Terminator 0.98 on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS.

  I have been using Terminator for a year or two and I really like it
  except for one bug I'm having:

  When I open the Terminator terminal for the first time after booting
  my machine, as soon as I alt-tab away from it (or just click away), it
  disappears. I try to come back to it and it has gone, and any work I
  was doing has gone with it. I often have to recover the file etc..

  Once this has happened the first time, then I reopen and everything
  will be fine for the rest of the session.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/1711228/+subscriptions

[Paul Brook (paulbrook)]

Hi Stephen,

Just wanted to let you know that my issue is resolved and Terminator is
working perfectly. It's so useful for me - a great piece of software!

Regards,
Paul.

---
Paul Brook

On 16 August 2017 at 18:45, Stephen Boddy <email address hidden>
wrote:

> "Check it and disable it if it is checked."
>
> Ugh! Would you believe English is my mother tongue?
>
> "Ensure this item is unchecked."
>
> ** Changed in: terminator
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711228
>
> Title:
> Terminator window disappears on first opening
>
> Status in Terminator:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I am running Terminator 0.98 on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS.
>
> I have been using Terminator for a year or two and I really like it
> except for one bug I'm having:
>
> When I open the Terminator terminal for the first time after booting
> my machine, as soon as I alt-tab away from it (or just click away), it
> disappears. I try to come back to it and it has gone, and any work I
> was doing has gone with it. I often have to recover the file etc..
>
> Once this has happened the first time, then I reopen and everything
> will be fine for the rest of the session.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/1711228/+subscriptions
>

[Damian Wheel (tfwnogf)]

This is still happening for me.
At first I thought terminator crashed, but I can see its PID and it's still running in the background.
I'm running terminator 1.91 on Linux Mint 20.

"Hide on lose focus" is of course unticked in the settings, and never was.