[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
** Changed in: xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
Xubuntu 18.04: I also have two screens running two different Xfce sessions, and like others reporting here, I have had a devil of a time getting this xfce4-terminal program to run on the two monitors by specifying the --display=:0.0 and --display=:0.1 options. I have a script that launches the terminal windows on the appropriate screen using the proper options. This works -- then it stops working. Then I get it working again and then it stops working again. This has been going on for years. A short while ago I had to dive into this yet again and I got things working so that I could open terminals on both screens. This has been good now for the past few weeks. There were no recent upgrades on the system, but I had some sort of smbd(8) fault a short while ago and decided to reboot. When the system came up, I simply could not get xfce4-terminal to start on display :0.1. Even if I selected Terminal Emulator from the built-in Applications menu on the second screen, it would still only start on display :0.0. After another reboot and then screwing around for two more hours, I went looking for a place to report this and found this old thread that was -- unbelievably -- still active. Fortunately for me, I saw the comments above that recommend using the --disable-server option. I added this to my script and now I can open terminals on both screens once again. Since the manpage says: -disable-server: Do not register with the D-BUS session message bus I'd say this pretty clearly points to a D-BUS problem. Would someone who in maintaining the terminal program check back regarding the history of D-BUS implementation back in 2013 onward and then coordinate to get this resolved. At the very least, deactivate the server option and allow it to be turned on if desired, in order to stop users from pulling out their hair. The amount of time wasted on this problem by me alone is ... a lot! Regards. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
This bug indeed sucks, but I have found that running xfce4-terminal with the option --disable-server (as noted by Erik above for testing purposes) has mitigated the impact for me. Since I launch xfce4-terminal with a keyboard shortcut, this was easy enough to do. I think that very few people (proportionally) use separate screens these days; most folks with multiple monitors just stretch one screen across them. This fact leads to bug like this getting neglected. FWIW, Firefox and Chrome both have the same problem. Although if you try to open another window on the other screen, at least it doesn't crash your initial window, it just opens a tab in it usually. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
This is still present in [X]ubuntu 14.10, xfce4-terminal-0.6.3-1ubunutu1. Not understanding why this very simple-to-fix bug has been left untouched for a year and a half. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
** Information type changed from Public to Public Security -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a regular (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find. ** Information type changed from Public Security to Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
** Changed in: xfce4-terminal (Debian) Status: Unknown = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #710002 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=710002 ** Also affects: xfce4-terminal (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=710002 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
Launchpad has imported 2 comments from the remote bug at https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10124. If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. On 2013-05-28T18:01:02+00:00 Trm-seven wrote: I use Separate X screen configuration (I have two separate screen). If you run the terminal on one of the screens, and then start on the other, the terminal on the first screen is closed. On one screen can run multiple copies of the terminal, but if you open it on another screen, as they are all closed. --- The program 'xfce4-terminal' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'. (Details: serial 488 error_code 8 request_code 1 minor_code 0) (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) --- (xorg-server 1.14.1-1, nvidia driver version: 319.17) Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/comments/0 On 2014-05-26T23:41:51+00:00 Maks Verver wrote: This bug has also been described here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354 And it is caused by this commit: http://git.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal/commit/?id=d1dc0d1f1ef0591d06ef7998c1956834bc4d9869 Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/comments/15 ** Changed in: xfce4-terminal Status: Unknown = Confirmed ** Changed in: xfce4-terminal Importance: Unknown = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
Confirmed still present on Xubuntu 14.04. Confirmed still annoying (fatal actually). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
Also affects on: Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release:14.04 Codename: trusty Linux 3.13.0-23-generic #45-Ubuntu x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux It's realy anoying. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
** Bug watch added: Xfce Bugzilla #10124 https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10124 ** Also affects: xfce4-terminal via https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10124 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
While testing the suspect commit, I was very careful to make sure that I shut down any running instances of the terminal server before trying an alternate binary. Note comment #7 where I notice the server behavior and correct for it in my testing of the versions and the commit. Running with --disable-server is a workaround, not a fix. The actual fix involves either rolling back the change made in the relevant commit, or fixing whatever it's trying to do so it behaves properly across multiple X screens without causing a resource problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
Erik, the reason you saw that behaviour is because xfce4-terminal runs a server. When you open a second or third terminal it communicates with the server to open the new window, so they are all one process. So when you ran what you thought was a new binary, the old server was still running. Please test with --disable-server - I suspect this would fix the bug. Likely what is happening is the same xfce4-terminal server is being used on both X displays, and is trying to reuse a resource across them both in a way that is not valid. Probably a pixmap or something. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
Confirmed, http://git.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal/commit/?id=d1dc0d1f1ef0591d06ef7998c1956834bc4d9869 is indeed the culprit. Not sure what the purpose of the patch was supposed to be (don't have *any* source awareness of xfce4-terminal), so I have no idea if it's a bug in the patch, or the patch was intended to do this. If the patch was intended to have this effect, I would consider the patch to be a VERY BAD IDEA. Given that X returns BadMatch, I'm assuming it's a bug in the patch. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
This commit is most likely the culprit: http://git.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal/commit/?id=d1dc0d1f1ef0591d06ef7998c1956834bc4d9869 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
Confirmed, upgraded to 13.10 last night and have this behavior. Running 0.6.2-3ubuntu1. Rather seriously impacts my work, not so much at this exact instant but very soon. Not the least of which because an accidental click on the other screen's terminal will also shut down all child processes of the terminals on my main screen, which is a *particularly* nasty behavior. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
Gah, spoke too soon. 0.6.1 works fine, and my further tests with 0.6.2 and a debuild attempt were confused by the fact that the original 0.6.1 binary stayed running throughout those test, and the 0.6.2[+] binaries just told it to open new windows. So, the bug exists somewhere between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2 *stock* code. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
I just built raw 0.6.1 *and* 0.6.2 from xfce source, and neither have this problem. Then I did apt-get source and debuild, then installed the package I just built. No bug. Then I removed that and ran 'apt-get install xfce4-terminal', and *still* no bug. So, for those with this bug, try just removing and reinstalling the package... /facepalm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
Same here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time
Also affects 0.6.2-3ubuntu1~ppa0.12.04.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) / Linux Mint 13 (maya) x86_64 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
