Package: gnome-terminal Version: 2.14.0-1 Severity: normal
Consider the following course of actions: 1. run gnome-terminal 2. maximize it vertically 3. open new tab 4. open another tab 5. run a "full-screen" terminal application in the latest (3rd) tab. Application started in step 5 looks distorted, unusable. Though it does work, it is no use, as most of the screen is empty. ctrl-l causes a failed re-draw, the bottom line appears on top. What helps is: a) Menu Terminal/Reset, then ctrl-l b) Menu Terminal/Reset and Clear, then ctrl-l c) quit application, resize the terminal window in any way, application again d) quit application, run "reset" in shell, start application again Applications tested are "mc" (linked against libslang), "vim" (linked against libncurses). Tabs are displayed on top side of the terminal window. It is a bit hard to reproduce and pin-point. I usually have ma terminals maximized vertically 80x47 with tabs, 80x49 without tabs. Maximalization is done before opening 2nd and subsequent tabs. While doing research for this report, this problem only appeared in 3rd and further tabs in such windows. For a default 80x24 terminal, the problem does not appear. In artificial situations (sizes I don't usually use), it behaves like this: * 81x24 - no problem, in any tab * 80x25 - problem in 2nd tab already (and further tabs) * fully maximized (125x49 / 125x47) - problem in 3rd and further tabs * experimentally, I found the 2nd tab bad / 2nd tab OK decision point to be 47/48 lines in the terminal area, before creating the 2nd tab and running mc in it The first tab is always OK, even if I do: 1. gnome-terminal 2. vertical resize 3. new tab 4. select 1st tab 5. mc If I only have one tab open, i.e. no tabs are displayed actually, it behaves correctly of course. For the record, I use metacity as my wm, package version 2.14.1-1: $ dpkg -l |grep metacity ii libmetacity0 2.14.1-1 ii metacity 2.14.1-1 ii metacity-common 2.14.1-1 (deleted last column in editor for brevity) This did not happen with version 2.12.something of gnome-terminal and metacity. A difference in behaviour I remember is, in version 2.12, when gnome-terminal created the tabs, the gnome-terminal window grew (bottom becoming off-screen), so I had to resize it vertically again. This probably ensured I don't get to see the problem. Now, in version 2.14, the gnome-terminal window stays the same size (all on screen) and the terminal area loses 2 lines (in my case; it depends on widget and font sizes, how many lines are lost). I'm not an expert on the corresponding signals, but it seems a signal announcing change in window-size is sometimes not delivered to the terminal. This could be a metacity issue. In that case, please re-assign and my apologies. Regards, Juraj Ziegler -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15.4-next Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=sk_SK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages gnome-terminal depends on: ii gnome-control-center 1:2.12.3-2 utilities to configure the GNOME d ii gnome-terminal-data 2.14.0-1 Data files for the GNOME terminal ii libatk1.0-0 1.11.4-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libbonobo2-0 2.14.0-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library ii libc6 2.3.6-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgconf2-4 2.14.0-1 GNOME configuration database syste ii libglade2-0 1:2.5.1-2 library to load .glade files at ru ii libglib2.0-0 2.10.1-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libgnome2-0 2.14.0-2 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file ii libgnomeui-0 2.14.0-1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.14.0-2 GNOME virtual file-system (runtime ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.16-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii liborbit2 1:2.14.0-1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB ii libpango1.0-0 1.12.0-2 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii libstartup-notification0 0.8-1 library for program launch feedbac ii libvte4 1:0.12.0-1 Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra ii scrollkeeper 0.3.14-10 A free electronic cataloging syste Versions of packages gnome-terminal recommends: ii yelp 2.12.2-4 Help browser for GNOME 2 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
