Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-terminal
Whenever the contents of the attached, randomly generated Tor authentication cookie are echoed to the terminal the character set changes to incomprehensible figures. This happens both as a result of cat and Python printing the file's contents. Problem persists until terminal window is restarted. Below is a sample of the terminal output: ata...@odin:~$ cat Desktop/buggyCookie/control_auth_cookie3 Gx�ͭG�{��>�1�XUL�N5W1ø(▒├▒±▒...@⎺␍␋┼:·$ ┌⎽ A└▒≥⎺┼ MP3 ␉␋┼ ␌▒├␊±⎺⎼␋≥␊␍ ␌┤⎼⎽␊⎽E│▒└⎻┌␊.⎻≤ ␌┤⎼⎽␊⎽T␊⎽├2.⎻≤ ␌┤⎼⎽␊⎽T␊⎽├.⎻≤ D␊⎽┐├⎺⎻ °␋┼␍S␊▒⎼␌␊⎽.⎻≤ └␊␍␋▒ └┤⎽␋␌ M≤ G▒└␊⎽ ⎻⎺␍␌▒⎽├⎽ ┬␊␉ ┬⎺⎼┐⎽⎻▒␌␊ ▒├▒±▒...@⎺␍␋┼:·$ Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) Terminal 2.22.1 I realize the distribution is a little behind but the bug should be incredibly easy to try to reproduce. Hope this helps! -Damian ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sat May 23 11:49:29 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: gnome-terminal 2.22.1-0ubuntu2 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-terminal Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-generic i686 ** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug -- echo corrupts bash charset https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379810 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs