After an evaluation, GNOME has moved from Bugzilla to GitLab. Learn more about GitLab.
No new issues can be reported in GNOME Bugzilla anymore.
To report an issue in a GNOME project, go to GNOME GitLab.
Do not go to GNOME Gitlab for: Bluefish, Doxygen, GnuCash, GStreamer, java-gnome, LDTP, NetworkManager, Tomboy.
Bug 623406 - cursor disappearing (race condition)
cursor disappearing (race condition)
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: vte
Classification: Core
Component: general
0.34.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
: ---
Assigned To: VTE Maintainers
VTE Maintainers
: 674812 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-07-02 15:11 UTC by Stanislav Brabec
Modified: 2018-02-17 10:46 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Stanislav Brabec 2010-07-02 15:11:58 UTC 
Under some circumstances the cursor disappears from the terminal. This is the regression since 2.26.

openSUSE 11.3 RC2 x86_64
gnome-terminal-2.30.1

How to reproduce:
1. Open a terminal with two tabs
2. Run "mc" in the first tab
3. Before mc finishes its rendering, press Ctrl+PageDown to skip to the second tab.

Actual behavior: No cursor

Expected behavior: Invisible cursor applies only to the terminal where application that wants to hide it runs.

Work-around: Go to another window and return.
Comment 1 Stanislav Brabec 2010-07-02 16:09:41 UTC 
vte-0.24.1, it did not happen in openSUSE 11.2 with vte-0.22.5
Comment 2 Stanislav Brabec 2011-03-01 16:37:36 UTC 
The problem still appears with: vte-0.26.2, gnome-terminal-2.32.1 openSUSE 11.4 RC1
Comment 3 Christian Persch 2011-03-01 16:40:03 UTC 
Could you git bisect it?
Comment 4 Stanislav Brabec 2011-03-01 18:52:07 UTC 
It is not easy to bisect, I don't have simple reproducer. It just happens sometimes, not only with mc, and not easy to reproduce the above on fast machine.
Comment 5 Stanislav Brabec 2011-10-31 17:02:34 UTC 
Reproducible in vte-0.30.1. But here the bug is less painful, as the cursor does not disappear completely. Just instead of the blinking black cursor it shows non-blinking rectangle filled by backgroud color instead of foreground (i. e. it is visible).
Comment 6 Christian Persch 2012-04-25 17:34:52 UTC 
*** Bug 674812 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Colin Williams 2013-02-12 05:13:23 UTC 
Hi, this bug seems similar but is using gtk apps in tiling window manager, not sure if it's the same bug or not. Please decide.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662099
Comment 8 Stanislav Brabec 2013-02-12 14:55:12 UTC 
Still reproducible in gnome-terminal-3.6.1 with vte-0.32.2.
Comment 9 Christian Persch 2013-09-16 21:14:17 UTC 
Is this using gnome-shell or some other window manager? Is it still happening under gnome-shell 3.9.x ?
Comment 10 Stanislav Brabec 2013-09-17 18:57:18 UTC 
It surely happens in gnome-terminal-3.6.1.

Now I am using gnome-terminal-3.9.90. I'll test for some time and report whether it still happens.

I am using gnome-shell. Note that I am using sloppy focus.
Comment 11 Christian Persch 2013-09-17 19:41:39 UTC 
Only click-to-focus is supported, nothing else.
Comment 12 Christian Persch 2018-02-17 10:46:55 UTC 
I'm pretty sure this was due to the missing-focus-events gtk bug, which has since been fixed.