enter is mapped to ^[OM in gnome-terminal

[Bernhard]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

Not sure which package this bug belongs to, so please refer me to the right place. The problem is that gnome-terminal maps ENTER to ^[OM in vim.

Reproduce:

1) open vim
2) press "i" insert mode
3) press CTRL-V
4) press ENTER

you get ^[OM which is wrong, it should be ^M.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: f078d6c47c1beb05b0f12538be314916
CheckboxSystem: 7dbe3241a08ed65fdce219fc8cf077b9
Date: Sun Jan 24 01:30:48 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gnome-terminal 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.41-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686

[Bernhard (b.a.koenig)]

Another way to reproduce the problem which shows even more how serious the bug is:

1) type into a terminal "info cat"
2) hit "/" to do a search
3) type anything and hit ENTER

you will get the error "[`ESC O m' is invalid]". This means I cannot do any regular searches in "info" dialogs in a standard Ubuntu install. Something is definitely wrong with gnome-terminal.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

i do get ^M here, please test the same with a new user configuration on your system, thanks.

[Bernhard (b.a.koenig)]

I get the same problem with a new user live CD configuration. I played around a bit with the keyboard layout but the problem persists. I have a FujitsuSiemens Amilo laptop, wonder if that keyboard model is not correctly configured in Ubuntu.

[Bernhard (b.a.koenig)]

Btw, the reason I think it is a gnome-terminal problem is that KDE's Konsole recognizes the ENTER key as ^M in all dialogs correctly. But gnome-terminal does not for some strange reason.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

This bug is an upstream one and it would be quite helpful if somebody experiencing it could send the bug the to the people writing the software. You can learn more about how to do this for various upstreams at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME . Thanks in advance!

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for sent it upstream Bernhard.

[Olivier Mengué (dolmen)]

Can not reproduce in Natty. Does it still applies?

[Bernhard (b.a.koenig)]

Yes, it is still reproducible. See post #2.

If you cannot reproduce it like this, it could be that the bug is with my keyboard driver.

[Bernhard (b.a.koenig)]

I have now found that this issue is purely a problem of my laptop, a Fujitsu machine. See here: http://linuxquery.com/26984/wrong-mapping-of-return-key-in-linux