GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 321276
Enabling assistive technologies breaks gnome-terminal tabs
Last modified: 2008-02-01 15:03:19 UTC
Version details: 2.12.0 Distribution/Version: YDL-4.0.1 Enabling assistive technologies breaks "open tab" * enable assistive technologies desktop-> preferences-> accessability-> assistive technology support * exit and restart the desktop * from a gnome-terminal file->open tab -> default results: * A tab window does open. * It takes a long time for a command prompt to appear. * cannot type in tab window * shut off assistive technologies * exit and restart desktop * open a tab ==> all is well.
*** Bug 332843 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Bug 332843, which has just been marked as a duplicate, has some more useful information: the second tab is broken, but the third, forth and so on work OK.
I can confirm all the above comments for gnome-terminal-2.12.0 . In my case, at-spi-0.7.6 was the source of my problems: I installed it because gnome-mag-0.12.2 seems to need it. Rolling back to at-spi-0.6.6 removed the problems. Fortunately, I don't really need gnome-mag (or gnopernicus or...). The terminal internal state is being updated (everything "works"), but the visible display of the terminal state is not. Forcing re-drawing of the terminal window (e.g., by changing tabs and back) shows that under the bonnet all is well.
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/58068 mentions the same bug.
I cannot reproduce this. I'm using at-spi 1.7.7 (from FC5) and HEAD. Maybe this went away? Bernard, in comment #3 you probably mean at-spi-1.7.6? Adding a11y keyword and cc'ing billh, as maybe he knows what this is?
Yes, I did mean 1.7.6. I will try to reproduce some time soon. Unfortunately, I have had to recover /usr/include from a fairly old back-up, so my system won't be properly clean until I've done a lot of re-building and restoring.
Marking this as NEEDINFO till we hear from you. Have fun rebuiding! ;-)
I'm seeing this as well, on Ubuntu Edgy (with at-spi 1.7.11). Perhaps this observation might give a clue: the bug seems to be timing-dependent. Pressing Shift+Ctrl+T twice fast gives me two nice, working tabs (most of the time).
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/58068/comments/9 has a backtrace of gaim, having similar issues. Looks like a libgail problem to me.
Note that this is a regression, and it's associated with recent vte, not recent gail AFAICT. Looks like perhaps a mutex issue in vte?
Moving to vte, as per Bill's comment.
Created attachment 104207 [details] Orca debug log whilst testing this problem. This problem seems to no longer exist. This is with gnome-terminal v2.18.2 on Ubuntu Gutsy. See Orca debug log for more details. Closing as FIXED.