Yes, I still see it occasionally. I'm unable to reproduce it. I use gnome-terminal with alternate screen buffer programs (like less and vi) often. Even so, the bug happens very rarely.. I'd estimate less than 1% of my total use. Thanks for following up.
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Pedro Villavicencio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been > any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue > for you? Thanks in advance. > > -- > gnome terminal scrollback buffer changed unexpectedly > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222937 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "gnome-terminal" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gnome-terminal > > (I checked for bugs filed on gnome-terminal in Launchpad that might match > this but couldn't find any. Sorry if it's a dupe.) > > While using gnome-terminal today I was surprised when what was once in my > terminal buffer was replaced with the contents of another terminal (which > based on my hazy recollection had already been closed). The end result > looked like this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dev/manage$ cd app > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dev/manage/app$ fgrep -r <STRINGOMITTED> * | grep -v > svn | less > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man -k uid > DBI::DBD (3pm) - Perl DBI Database Driver Writer's Guide > fdutilsconfig (8) - configure the suid bit of fdmount > findfs (8) - Find a filesystem by label or UUID > geteuid (2) - get user identity > getpwuid (3) - get password file entry > getpwuid_r (3) - get password file entry > getresuid (2) - get real, effective and saved user or group ID > getuid (2) - get user identity > LDP (7) - Intro to the Linux Documentation Project, with > help, guides and documents > mdoc (7) - quick reference guide for the -mdoc macro > package > rrd-beginners (1) - RRDtool Beginners' Guide > seteuid (2) - set effective user or group ID > setfsuid (2) - set user identity used for file system checks > setresuid (2) - set real, effective and saved user or group ID > setreuid (2) - set real and/or effective user or group ID > setuid (2) - set user identity > Template::Manual (3pm) - User guide and reference manual for the > Template Toolkit > update-rcconf-guide (8) - Create default guide file for rcconf > uuid (3) - DCE compatible Universally Unique Identifier > library > uuid_clear (3) - reset value of UUID variable to the NULL value > uuid_compare (3) - compare whether two UUIDs are the same > uuid_copy (3) - copy a UUID value > uuid_generate (3) - create a new unique UUID value > uuid_generate_random (3) - create a new unique UUID value > uuid_generate_time (3) - create a new unique UUID value > uuid_is_null (3) - compare the value of the UUID to the NULL value > uuid_parse (3) - convert an input UUID string into binary > representation > uuid_time (3) - extract the time at which the UUID was created > uuid_unparse (3) - convert an UUID from binary representation to a > string > uuidgen (1) - command-line utility to create a new UUID value > vol_id (8) - probe filesystem type and read label and uuid > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ history|tail > 494 vi <somefile> > 495 mprodb > 496 finger > 497 ssh <hostomitted> > 498 ssh <hostomitted> > 499 ssh -vvv <hostomitted> > 500 ssh <hostomitted> > 501 man geteuid > 502 man -k uid > 503 history|tail > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > Note that the following commands at the top of the paste aren't in the > output of 'history|tail': > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dev/manage$ cd app > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dev/manage/app$ fgrep -r <STRINGOMITTED> * | grep -v > svn | less > > For the combination of history output and terminal buffer output to make > sense, command 501 should have been 'fgrep -r <STRINGOMITTED> * | grep -v > svn | less' and command 500 should have been 'cd app'. > > Before the change in the buffer, the line: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man -k uid > > originally was preceded by the line: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man geteuid > > On the remote system, this command normally leaves the following output in > my buffer: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man geteuid > Reformatting geteuid(2), please wait... > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > The version of man on the remote system uses less as its pager by default, > I think. If it's important to verify that, I will. (Just let me know how > to verify it.) When in the pager, hitting 'q' causes the TTY to redraw. I > suspect the redraw event itself brought about the problem. Running man or > less on the remote host over and over doesn't reproduce the problem. > > I installed Ubuntu 8.04 Friday morning (California time) and this is the > second time this has happened. I didn't believe my eyes the first time it > happened, but the second time around I wasn't able to dismiss it as a glitch > in the Matrix. > > Local system info: > > The local system running gnome-terminal is a Thinkpad X60s with Ubuntu > 8.04. > Was originally Gutsy Gibbon. I used the update manager's dist upgrade > feature to migrate to 8.04. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsb_release -rd > Description: Ubuntu 8.04 > Release: 8.04 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache policy gnome-terminal > gnome-terminal: > Installed: 2.22.1-0ubuntu2 > Candidate: 2.22.1-0ubuntu2 > Version table: > *** 2.22.1-0ubuntu2 0 > 500 http://ftp.usf.edu hardy/main Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a > Linux local 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 > GNU/Linux > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ free > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 2066500 1843820 222680 0 204392 893308 > -/+ buffers/cache: 746120 1320380 > Swap: 3229024 0 3229024 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uptime > 23:33:07 up 1 day, 20:20, 5 users, load average: 0.21, 0.26, 0.16 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps auxw|grep gnome-terminal > chase 22651 0.0 2.0 122856 41920 ? Sl Apr25 1:38 > gnome-terminal --geometry 80x30 > chase 30400 0.0 0.0 3008 776 pts/1 S+ 23:33 0:00 grep > gnome-terminal > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l gnome-terminal > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | > Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > > > +++-==============-==============-============================================ > ii gnome-terminal 2.22.1-0ubuntu The GNOME 2 terminal emulator > application > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-terminal --version > GNOME gnome-terminal 2.22.1 > > Remote system info: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dev/manage$ cat /etc/debian_version > 4.0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dev/manage$ man -V > man, version 2.4.3, 2005-07-03 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dev/manage$ which less > /usr/bin/less > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dev/manage$ less -V > less 394 > Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Mark Nudelman > -- gnome terminal scrollback buffer changed unexpectedly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222937 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
