GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 579759
Minicom does not work with gnome-terminal maximized
Last modified: 2009-05-04 22:07:22 UTC
Please describe the problem: Minicom is unusable in gnome-terminal when terminal is maximized.Minicom works fine in xterm and terminator. Steps to reproduce: 1.Start minicom inside gnome-terminal 2.Maximize the terminal Actual results: Minicom is unusable.The bottom portion of the terminal start flickering. Expected results: Does this happen every time? Yes Other information:
Works here.
Which vte and minicom versions is this happening with for you? Also, please clarify 'unusable'.
Created attachment 133109 [details] Minicom running on gnome-terminal.
(In reply to comment #2) > Which vte and minicom versions is this happening with for you? Also, please > clarify 'unusable'. > ldd `which gnome-terminal`|grep vte libvte.so.9 => /usr/lib/libvte.so.9 (0xb7ee3000) minicom --version minicom version 2.3 (compiled Oct 24 2008) By unusable i mean i can't type anything on the console when minicom is running.The terminal keeps on flickering.I am attaching a screenshot of the same.
ldd doesn't show versions; use: dpkg -s libvte9
(In reply to comment #5) > ldd doesn't show versions; use: dpkg -s libvte9 > dpkg -s libvte9 Package: libvte9 Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: libs Installed-Size: 1260 Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: i386 Source: vte Version: 1:0.20.0-0ubuntu2
I've been able to reproduce the bug. This only happens when the terminal is maximized or fullscreen, because minicom keeps trying to resize it.
In the maximised terminal, before you start minicom, what is the output of this command: echo $COLUMNS $LINES Also, how do you maximise the terminal? Using some helper programme from ubuntu? Or just the maximise button on the window border? Using which window manager? (If it's not metacity with compositing disabled, try that).
(In reply to comment #8) > In the maximised terminal, before you start minicom, what is the output of this > command: > > echo $COLUMNS $LINES > > Also, how do you maximise the terminal? Using some helper programme from > ubuntu? Or just the maximise button on the window border? Using which window > manager? (If it's not metacity with compositing disabled, try that). > echo $COLUMNS $LINES 182 48 I use the maximize button on window decorator.Its "gtk-window-decorator" Will try out without compositing and post the results.
(In reply to comment #8) > In the maximised terminal, before you start minicom, what is the output of this > command: > > echo $COLUMNS $LINES > > Also, how do you maximise the terminal? Using some helper programme from > ubuntu? Or just the maximise button on the window border? Using which window > manager? (If it's not metacity with compositing disabled, try that). > I i have tried with compositing disabled.It gives the same results.
I've found a similar (probably the same) problem under Ubuntu 9.04 and Gnome 2.26.1, reported to Ubuntu's Launchpad as https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/336662 The difference there is that I can not resize horizontally the gnome-terminal once I have minicom running - after resizing it immediately snaps back to 80 chars wide. I can resize vertically, no problem. Clicking the maximise button on the window border immediately sets off the flickering behaviour too. In the Ubuntu bug report, someone has added the comment: "Bug appears to be related to gnome-terminal's handling of resize, as implemented by minicom. Minicom works in other terminals (xterm) with resizing, and with other libvte-based terminals (stjerm) with resizing." $ apt-cache policy minicom gnome-terminal libvte9 minicom: Installed: 2.3-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 2.3-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2.3-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status gnome-terminal: Installed: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status libvte9: Installed: 1:0.20.0-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:0.20.0-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1:0.20.0-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
So possibly this is a duplicate of bug 573674, which is fixed in vte 0.20.1 .
I don't believe this is a bug within vte. I can use minicom at any size I desire within the package "stjerm", which is another libvte-based terminal. There have been other changes to gnome-terminal with the 2.26 release, I suspect this is a regression limited to gnome-terminal based on those changes.
Please do try with vte 0.20.1 .
I installed libvte 0.20.1, problem is resolved.
So it's indeed a dup of bug 573674, just like I suggested in comment 12. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 573674 ***