Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-11 Thread dickey
On Monday, August 10, 2020 at 7:50:04 AM UTC-4, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 12:14:30PM +0200, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 09, 2020 at 09:59:12AM +0200, tomas wrote: > > > To verify/falsify that, you might run xprop on your xterm window. > > > The property you are

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-10 Thread tomas
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 07:16:34PM +0200, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 07:03:26PM +0200, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > > Should I try with another window-manager? I will also double-check that > > the other working buster MATE installation uses marco. > > The bug is NOT present with

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-10 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 07:03:26PM +0200, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > Should I try with another window-manager? I will also double-check that > the other working buster MATE installation uses marco. The bug is NOT present with compiz. The bug IS NOT present on a fresh buster install with marco. I

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-10 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 01:47:08PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Have you tried another "classic" X program? For example xmag or xeyes? Yes, they fail miserably. > xterm in a special way, or the decorations of all "classic" X programs > fail in the same way. I would guess that. Should I try

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-10 Thread tomas
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 12:14:30PM +0200, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > On Sun, Aug 09, 2020 at 09:59:12AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > To verify/falsify that, you might run xprop on your xterm window. > > The property you are looking for is called WM_NAME. You can even > > xprop | grep WM_NAME >

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-10 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
On Sun, Aug 09, 2020 at 09:59:12AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > To verify/falsify that, you might run xprop on your xterm window. > The property you are looking for is called WM_NAME. You can even xprop | grep WM_NAME WM_NAME(STRING) = "schaefer@reliand: /home/schaefer" > use xprop to /set/

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-09 Thread tomas
On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 06:52:22PM +0200, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > > > What about if you use another window-manager and/or desktop-environment? > > > > I haven't tried that yet. > > I just tried twm and it says "Untitled" even with xterm -T abcd & Oh, that is a hint: it seems xterm is failing to

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-08 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 02:22:44PM -0700, Mike Kupfer wrote: > I assume you're using the system xterm, not something in /usr/local or > $HOME. yes schaefer@reliand:~$ which xterm /usr/bin/xterm (BTW was working nice before upgrade to buster) > Could the problem be locale-related? I have > >

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-08 Thread Mike Kupfer
Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > I have a funny problem since I upgraded my laptop to buster: xterm does not > have any title. > > It is the only window that has this problem. I did not see anything special in > the .Xresources. > > Anyone having this issue ? I can't reproduce the problem (MATE, marco,

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-08 Thread mick crane
On 2020-08-08 17:52, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > What about if you use another window-manager and/or desktop-environment? I haven't tried that yet. I just tried twm and it says "Untitled" even with xterm -T abcd & with Buster it looks like I have window manager XFwm4 display manager lightdm

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-08 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
> > What about if you use another window-manager and/or desktop-environment? > > I haven't tried that yet. I just tried twm and it says "Untitled" even with xterm -T abcd &

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-08 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 08:25:39AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Does it affect other terminal emulators? no, mate-terminal is not affected. > Have you checked whether the problem also shows up for a freshly created > user (i.e. without any config of your own)? yes, it does. > What about if

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-08 Thread tomas
On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 01:09:13PM +0200, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 09:47:56AM +, Long Wind wrote: > > have you looked at .bashrc? > > Actually, I have sent the usual title escape sequence: it works in > mate-terminal, > but xterm's title remains blank. Xterm's title is

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
Hi Marc, long time no see, > I have a funny problem since I upgraded my laptop to buster: xterm does not > have any title. > It is the only window that has this problem. I did not see anything special in > the .Xresources. Does it affect other terminal emulators? Have you checked whether the

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-08 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 09:47:56AM +, Long Wind wrote: > have you looked at .bashrc? Actually, I have sent the usual title escape sequence: it works in mate-terminal, but xterm's title remains blank. Thomas Schmitt : Also I tried the -T option, with no success. Running MATE in marco

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-08 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > buster: xterm does not have any title. > Anyone having this issue ? Not on my (provisory) LXDE desktop. xterms from the "System Tools" menu come with title "xterm". The same with xterms started by: xterm & xterms started by: xterm -T '' & come up with the title

Re: xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-08 Thread Long Wind
have you looked at .bashrc? below is in my .bashrc of home dir: # If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir case "$TERM" in xterm*|rxvt*)     PS1="\[\e]0;${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h: \w\a\]$PS1"     ;; *)     ;; esac On Saturday, August 8, 2020, 5:18:44 AM EDT, Marc

xterm no title (buster)

2020-08-08 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
Hello, I have a funny problem since I upgraded my laptop to buster: xterm does not have any title. It is the only window that has this problem. I did not see anything special in the .Xresources. Anyone having this issue ? Thank you for pointers.