Bug#347722: xterm: the cursor disappears when launching screen
Package: xterm
Version: 208-2
Severity: important
The cursor character is disappearing and no longer reappearing. To
reproduce the bug:
=> start 'xterm' (with or without blinking cursor)
=> launch 'screen'
=> no cursor is shown
When exiting screen, no cursor is shown again, even after typing a
'reset'.
I have tried with a screen package from both unstable and testing but it
did not fix the bug.
FWIW, I have downgraded to the current xterm from the testing system
(6.8.2.dfsg.1-11) and it fixed the problem.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.5-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Window System Session Management
ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxaw8 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxmu6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii xlibs-data 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Window System client data
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii xutils 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Window System utility programs
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