clusterssh does not accept any input from the keyboard

[Ralf Oltmanns]

Binary package hint: clusterssh

1)
I am running Karmic Koala 9.10 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux.

2)
The installed version von clusterssh is 3.26-1 0 from http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages

3) Expectation:
Open clusterssh to a given set of machines and enter commands to all machines via clusterssh admin input line.

4) What happens:
Whenever I open a clusterssh to any set of machines, the appropriate xterms open up, but the clusterssh admin input line does not accept any keyboard input at all. I could not find any logged errors.

Though I can paste data into the admin input line via mouse buffer (middle mouse button) which then goes out to the xterms.
Directly editing every single xterm is working fine.

[Tony Mancill (tmancill)]

FWIW, I'm not able to reproduce this on 9.10 amd64, either under Gnome or KDE. Perhaps it's an issue with input focus? You can try "cssh --debug 3 <hosts>". You should see messages like "Sending event KeyPress" and "Sending event KeyRelease" when the input line has focus and type in that area.

[Ralf Oltmanns (ubuntu-abo)]

Hi Tony,

see attached the complete output from a
   cssh --debug 3 hostlist
call. cssh opens 6 xterms, distributes them neatly on the screen and opens the cssh admin input line. That's where everything grinds down to a halt. I can edit the xterms but not the admin input line. There's not further output in the shell from where I called cssh.

I'm puzzled.