Bug#265948: xterm: freezes on vt switch
Package: xterm
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6
Severity: normal
the triggering problem is that when the xserver switches away, it seems
to keep its key states.
that becomes a problem, if the command that causes the switch away is
started from an xterm, as then the enter key stays pressed. that's "half
as bad" if it is a background command, as then one is "only" flooded
with prompts. however, when the command blocks, the xterm stops
processing events. it shows a black screen, the cpu usage is zero
and strace indicates that select() times out once per second.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libexpat1 1.95.6-8 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii libfontconfig1 2.2.3-1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management
ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.2-6 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X pixmap library
ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries m
ii xlibs-data 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client data
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