Public bug reported: Using Byobu 5.20 on Ubuntu 12.04. This problem seems to only occur on Ubuntu 12.04, not on 10.04. I can't test others.
After starting a byobu instance it is nigh impossible to use the mouse cursor to do text selections from the terminal window in which byobu runs. The selection is only active for one second maximum, then it vanishes. I have created a screencast to illustrate this. See here: https://daff.ptmx.org/misc/byobu-selection.ogv If you watch the time display in the lower right corner you can see that the selection vanishes exactly in the moment the seconds count changes. I have tested this with the time and date display disabled, same result. I have also tested it in a plain Xterm window to make sure it is not my KDE installation that screws things up, same result. And, as I said, it only occurs on Ubuntu 12.04 servers, not 10.04. Interestingly everything works fine and as expected when I downgrade to Byobu 5.17 from the default Precise repos. So this behaviour change happened some time between 5.17 and 5.20. What could cause this? ** Affects: byobu (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1018538 Title: Byobu 5.20 makes it almost impossible to select text from the terminal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/byobu/+bug/1018538/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
