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Bug#585494: marked as done (xterm 258 has broken scrollbar, doesn't follow new output at random)

Your message dated Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:19:06 -0400
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and subject line re: #585494 xterm 258 has broken scrollbar, doesn't follow new output at random
has caused the Debian Bug report #585494,
regarding xterm 258 has broken scrollbar, doesn't follow new output at random
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Package: xterm
Version: 258-1
Severity: normal


When going from xterm255 to 258, the following happens:

At random, at xterms on the X11 servers stop having working
scrollbars.  In that wedged state the xterm scrollbar will stay, the
text shown will stay where it is and new output will be consed up
below.  You can manually scroll down but it will then again not
display new text.

Then, at random, it snaps into working behavior.  This is a fresh
install that doesn't have much running in the X11 server, just chrome,
fvwm2, chat and pidgin.  I have obserserved going into and out of
wedged state literally without using any of the other clients.

Again, whatever happens here, it affects all running xterm258s at
once.  It is X11 server wide.

When wedged, all xterm-258s are weded, no other xterms.  258s that are
on a remote tty (but local display) are wedged as much as long 258s.
Other versions of xterm, including 255, continue working normally,
including older xterms on local tty.

It is probably coincidence but should be mentioned that getting in and
out of the wedged state might be related to using mutt (a tty
mailer).  But I have been unable to reproduce the bug by deliberately
messing with mutt.

Again, this doesn't happen on just one machine.  I had another
debian-testing that I started a remote xterm on (remote tty, local X11
server) and that worked when that xterm was 255.  I upgraded to 258
and it broke the same way the first 258 is broken.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.15-cracauer (SMP w/8 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.10.2-9       Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libfontconfig1            2.8.0-2.1      generic font configuration library
ii  libice6                   2:1.0.6-1      X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5               5.7+20100313-2 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libutempter0              1.1.5-3        A privileged helper for utmp/wtmp 
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.3.3-3      X11 client-side library
ii  libxaw7                   2:1.0.7-1      X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxft2                   2.1.14-2       FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxmu6                   2:1.0.5-1      X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxt6                    1:1.0.7-1      X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  xbitmaps                  1.1.0-1        Base X bitmaps

Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii  x11-utils                     7.5+3      X11 utilities
ii  xutils                        1:7.5+6    X Window System utility programs m

Versions of packages xterm suggests:
pn  xfonts-cyrillic               <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information

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no reply - assume done.

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Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
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