Activity log for bug #378668

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2009-05-20 12:48:58 Don Cristóbal bug added bug
2009-05-20 12:48:58 Don Cristóbal attachment added Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26975069/Dependencies.txt
2009-05-20 12:55:43 Don Cristóbal attachment added Screenshot.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26975206/Screenshot.png
2009-05-21 16:52:18 Charlie Kravetz xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2009-05-21 18:49:10 Don Cristóbal attachment added .xsession-errors http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27025949/.xsession-errors
2009-05-21 21:28:24 Charlie Kravetz xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2009-05-21 21:28:24 Charlie Kravetz xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Triaged
2009-06-09 14:50:49 Don Cristóbal summary Cursor in terminal at the wrong place Cursor in terminal behaves badly with special characters present
2009-07-15 20:26:48 Don Cristóbal description Binary package hint: xfce4-terminal Both xfce4-terminal and gnome-terminal are affected, but not the text-only terminals (alt+f1, f2 etc.). So probably the package hint is wrong... Description: When going back to the previous line (backspace or cursor keys), the cursor jumps one character to the left and shifts the other letters incorrectly. How to reproduce (cf. always my attachment, a screenshot): 1. Open the terminal (in X, not the real text-only screens) 2. Type some rubbish until you reach the end of the screen (in my example: "abcdefghijklmnopqrst". As soon as you have filled up the last column (the "t" in my case), the cursor jumps correctly to the next line. 3. Hit backspace or the left cursor once. Backspace eats 2 characters instead of one. 4. Hit return. Bash says it does not know the rubbish that you've actually typed (not the rubbish that was displayed). So obviously this is a display problem, not an input problem. Instead of step 4, you can also type some new rubbish. It will be inserted into the old rubbish exactly the way you type it, but it won't display correctly. It's like a blind flight: As long as you know exactly where you are, you'll land on the airport. But never try to tell your position from what you see... The bug is possibly a duplicate of Bug #238055 or Bug #88504, but the symptoms described there don't seem to match mine exactly. Xubuntu 9.04, up to date as of May 20th 2009 $ apt-cache policy gnome-terminal gnome-terminal: Installed: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ apt-cache policy xfce4-terminal xfce4-terminal: Installed: 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 Candidate: 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 Version table: *** 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 0 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: xfce4-terminal 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xfce4-terminal Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686 Binary package hint: xfce4-terminal Both xfce4-terminal and gnome-terminal are affected, but not the text-only terminals (alt+f1, f2 etc.). So probably the package hint is wrong... Description: With special characters present before the $ sign, when going back to the previous line (backspace or cursor keys), the cursor jumps to the left too far (one character per special character). How to reproduce (cf. always my attachment): 1. Open the terminal (in X, not the real text-only screens) 2. Create a folder with special characters in it, e.g. with german special characters: $ mkdir abcäöü 3. Go to the special character folder. $ cd abcäöü 4. Type some rubbish until you reach the end of the screen (in my attached example: "abcdefghijklmnopqrst". As soon as you have filled up the last column (the "t" in my case), the cursor jumps correctly to the next line. 5. Hit backspace or the left cursor once. Backspace eats 2 characters instead of one if one special character is present (3 if there are 2; 4 if there are 3 etc.). 6. Hit return. Bash says it does not know the rubbish that you've actually typed (not the rubbish that was displayed). So obviously this is a display problem, not an input problem. Instead of step 4, you can also type some new rubbish. It will be inserted into the old rubbish exactly the way you type it, but it won't display correctly. It's like a blind flight: As long as you know exactly where you are, you'll land on the airport. But never try to tell your position from what you see... The bug is most probably not a duplicate of Bug #238055 or Bug #88504. The symptoms described there don't match ours here. Xubuntu 9.04, up to date as of July 15 2009. $ apt-cache policy gnome-terminal gnome-terminal: Installed: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ apt-cache policy xfce4-terminal xfce4-terminal: Installed: 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 Candidate: 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 Version table: *** 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 0 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: xfce4-terminal 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xfce4-terminal Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
2009-07-15 20:34:45 Rolf Leggewie bug task added xterm (Ubuntu)
2009-07-15 20:35:16 Rolf Leggewie bug task added gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
2009-07-15 20:44:01 Rolf Leggewie gnome-terminal (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2009-08-25 20:16:52 Pedro Villavicencio gnome-terminal (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Low
2009-09-02 23:42:22 Bryce Harrington tags apport-bug i386 apport-bug i386 jaunty
2009-09-02 23:58:42 Rolf Leggewie tags apport-bug i386 jaunty apport-bug i386 jaunty karmic
2010-01-08 22:41:20 Bryce Harrington affects xterm (Ubuntu) bash (Ubuntu)
2010-01-09 02:13:48 Charlie Kravetz description Binary package hint: xfce4-terminal Both xfce4-terminal and gnome-terminal are affected, but not the text-only terminals (alt+f1, f2 etc.). So probably the package hint is wrong... Description: With special characters present before the $ sign, when going back to the previous line (backspace or cursor keys), the cursor jumps to the left too far (one character per special character). How to reproduce (cf. always my attachment): 1. Open the terminal (in X, not the real text-only screens) 2. Create a folder with special characters in it, e.g. with german special characters: $ mkdir abcäöü 3. Go to the special character folder. $ cd abcäöü 4. Type some rubbish until you reach the end of the screen (in my attached example: "abcdefghijklmnopqrst". As soon as you have filled up the last column (the "t" in my case), the cursor jumps correctly to the next line. 5. Hit backspace or the left cursor once. Backspace eats 2 characters instead of one if one special character is present (3 if there are 2; 4 if there are 3 etc.). 6. Hit return. Bash says it does not know the rubbish that you've actually typed (not the rubbish that was displayed). So obviously this is a display problem, not an input problem. Instead of step 4, you can also type some new rubbish. It will be inserted into the old rubbish exactly the way you type it, but it won't display correctly. It's like a blind flight: As long as you know exactly where you are, you'll land on the airport. But never try to tell your position from what you see... The bug is most probably not a duplicate of Bug #238055 or Bug #88504. The symptoms described there don't match ours here. Xubuntu 9.04, up to date as of July 15 2009. $ apt-cache policy gnome-terminal gnome-terminal: Installed: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ apt-cache policy xfce4-terminal xfce4-terminal: Installed: 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 Candidate: 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 Version table: *** 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 0 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: xfce4-terminal 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xfce4-terminal Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686 Binary package hint: xfce4-terminal Both xfce4-terminal and gnome-terminal are affected, but not the text-only terminals (alt+f1, f2 etc.). So probably the package hint is wrong... Description: With special characters present before the $ sign, when going back to the previous line (backspace or cursor keys), the cursor jumps to the left too far (one character per special character). How to reproduce (cf. always my attachment): 1. Open the terminal (in X, not the real text-only screens) 2. Create a folder with special characters in it, e.g. with german special characters: $ mkdir abcäöü 3. Go to the special character folder. $ cd abcäöü 4. Type some rubbish until you reach the end of the screen (in my attached example: "abcdefghijklmnopqrst". As soon as you have filled up the last column (the "t" in my case), the cursor jumps correctly to the next line. 5. Hit backspace or the left cursor once. Backspace eats 2 characters instead of one if one special character is present (3 if there are 2; 4 if there are 3 etc.). 6. Hit return. Bash says it does not know the rubbish that you've actually typed (not the rubbish that was displayed). So obviously this is a display problem, not an input problem. Instead of step 4, you can also type some new rubbish. It will be inserted into the old rubbish exactly the way you type it, but it won't display correctly. It's like a blind flight: As long as you know exactly where you are, you'll land on the airport. But never try to tell your position from what you see... The bug is most probably not a duplicate of Bug #238055 or Bug #88504. The symptoms described there don't match ours here. Xubuntu 9.04, up to date as of July 15 2009. $ apt-cache policy gnome-terminal gnome-terminal:   Installed: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2   Candidate: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2   Version table:  *** 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 0         500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ apt-cache policy xfce4-terminal xfce4-terminal:   Installed: 0.2.10-1ubuntu2   Candidate: 0.2.10-1ubuntu2   Version table:  *** 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 0         500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: xfce4-terminal 0.2.10-1ubuntu2 ProcEnviron:  LANG=en_US.UTF-8  SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xfce4-terminal Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686 WORKAROUND: 1. The correct text can be displayed by hitting the up and then the down cursor button. 2. The bug is triggered by special characters in what comes before the $ sign. If those special characters are removed from the prompt, the terminal acts correctly. Please see comments #9 and #10.
2014-01-09 08:43:32 ben_31 removed subscriber ben_31
2014-09-06 20:01:38 Thaddaeus Tintenfisch bash (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2014-09-06 20:01:43 Thaddaeus Tintenfisch gnome-terminal (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Incomplete
2014-09-06 20:01:48 Thaddaeus Tintenfisch xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu): status Triaged Incomplete
2014-11-06 04:18:17 Launchpad Janitor xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Expired
2014-11-06 04:18:20 Launchpad Janitor bash (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Expired
2014-11-06 04:18:24 Launchpad Janitor gnome-terminal (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Expired