Debian Bug report logs - #594856
xterm: pointer remains invisible after running aptitude

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Package: xterm; Maintainer for xterm is Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>; Source for xterm is src:xterm (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:45:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed-upstream, patch

Found in version xterm/261-1

Fixed in version xterm/264-1

Done: Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>:
Bug#594856; Package xterm. (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:45:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>. (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:45:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: xterm: pointer remains invisible after running aptitude
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:43:09 +0200
Package: xterm
Version: 261-1
Severity: normal

After running aptitude and quitting it, the pointer remains invisible
when one moves it, until one makes an xterm menu appear or one moves
the pointer out of the xterm window. This is always reproducible.

I've tried to reproduce this problem with "Log to File", and cat the
obtained log file, but in such a case, the problem doesn't appear.
The pointer even reappears instead of remaining invisible as long as
one doesn't move the mouse.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.11.2-2       Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libfontconfig1            2.8.0-2.1      generic font configuration library
ii  libice6                   2:1.0.6-1      X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5               5.7+20100313-2 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libutempter0              1.1.5-3        A privileged helper for utmp/wtmp 
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.3.3-3      X11 client-side library
ii  libxaw7                   2:1.0.7-1      X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxft2                   2.1.14-2       FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxmu6                   2:1.0.5-1      X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxt6                    1:1.0.7-1      X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  xbitmaps                  1.1.0-1        Base X bitmaps

Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii  x11-utils                     7.5+4      X11 utilities

Versions of packages xterm suggests:
pn  xfonts-cyrillic               <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information




Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>:
Bug#594856; Package xterm. (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:06:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Thomas Dickey <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>. (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:06:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Dickey <[email protected]>
To: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Cc: Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Bug#594856: xterm: pointer remains invisible after running aptitude
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:02:28 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> Package: xterm
> Version: 261-1
> Severity: normal
>
> After running aptitude and quitting it, the pointer remains invisible
> when one moves it, until one makes an xterm menu appear or one moves
> the pointer out of the xterm window. This is always reproducible.

this sounds like (man xterm):

       pointerMode (class PointerMode)
               Specifies when the pointer may be hidden as the user types.  It
               will be redisplayed if the user moves the mouse, or clicks  one
               of its buttons.

               0  never

               1  the  application  running  in  xterm has not activated mouse
                  mode.  This is the default.

               2  always.

(pointerMode resource was added at the beginning of 2008)

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ftp://invisible-island.net




Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>:
Bug#594856; Package xterm. (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:06:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>. (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:06:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #15 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: xterm: pointer remains invisible after running aptitude
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:04:08 +0200
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 2010-08-30 10:43:09 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> After running aptitude and quitting it, the pointer remains invisible
> when one moves it, until one makes an xterm menu appear or one moves
> the pointer out of the xterm window. This is always reproducible.
> 
> I've tried to reproduce this problem with "Log to File", and cat the
> obtained log file, but in such a case, the problem doesn't appear.
> The pointer even reappears instead of remaining invisible as long as
> one doesn't move the mouse.

To reproduce the bug, run "ttyplay ttyrecord-pointer" (attached)
in an 80x60 xterm and type a key before the end, so that the mouse
pointer disappears.

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[ttyrecord-pointer (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>:
Bug#594856; Package xterm. (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:27:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>. (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:27:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #20 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>
To: Thomas Dickey <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Bug#594856: xterm: pointer remains invisible after running aptitude
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:23:23 +0200
On 2010-08-30 05:02:28 -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> this sounds like (man xterm):
> 
>        pointerMode (class PointerMode)
>                Specifies when the pointer may be hidden as the user types.  It
>                will be redisplayed if the user moves the mouse, or clicks  one
>                of its buttons.
> 
>                0  never
> 
>                1  the  application  running  in  xterm has not activated mouse
>                   mode.  This is the default.
> 
>                2  always.
> 
> (pointerMode resource was added at the beginning of 2008)

pointerMode is 2 in my case, so that when I type a key, the pointer
disappears. But the man page says: "It will be redisplayed if the
user moves the mouse", which xterm fails to do.

Note: as long as aptitude is running, the mouse pointer is redisplayed
when I move the mouse. The problem occurs after I quit aptitude.

This bug seems to be old, since I can reproduce it with xterm 251.

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Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>:
Bug#594856; Package xterm. (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:39:07 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Thomas Dickey <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>. (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:39:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #25 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Dickey <[email protected]>
To: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Bug#594856: xterm: pointer remains invisible after running aptitude
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:35:56 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> This bug seems to be old, since I can reproduce it with xterm 251.

agree - I checked back to #233

-- 
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ftp://invisible-island.net




Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>:
Bug#594856; Package xterm. (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:45:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to [email protected]:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>. (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:45:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #30 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Dickey <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: re: #594856 xterm: pointer remains invisible after running aptitude
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:40:36 -0400
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
fix attached (incremental after fix for #591265)

-- 
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http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net
[xterm-262b.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]
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Added tag(s) patch. Request was from Thomas Dickey <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:45:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message sent on to Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>:
Bug#594856. (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:45:07 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>:
Bug#594856; Package xterm. (Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:15:07 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to [email protected]:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>. (Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:15:07 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #40 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Dickey <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: re: #594856 xterm: pointer remains invisible after running aptitude
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:13:37 -0400
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
This is fixed in patch #263.

-- 
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http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net
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Message sent on to Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>:
Bug#594856. (Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:15:13 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Added tag(s) fixed-upstream. Request was from Thomas Dickey <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:15:14 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Reply sent to Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]>:
You have taken responsibility. (Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:33:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:33:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #50 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Bug#594856: fixed in xterm 264-1
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:28:16 +0000
Source: xterm
Source-Version: 264-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xterm, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

xterm_264-1.diff.gz
  to main/x/xterm/xterm_264-1.diff.gz
xterm_264-1.dsc
  to main/x/xterm/xterm_264-1.dsc
xterm_264-1_amd64.deb
  to main/x/xterm/xterm_264-1_amd64.deb
xterm_264.orig.tar.gz
  to main/x/xterm/xterm_264.orig.tar.gz



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> (supplier of updated xterm package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Binary: xterm
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 264-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]>
Description: 
 xterm      - X terminal emulator
Closes: 591265 594856 600129
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