Re: blank terminal on 7-th invocation of dialog

[Max Arnold]

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 09:40:51AM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:

>> 3. make urxvt report itself as xterm (urxvt.termName: xterm)
>
> That's interesting (sounds like gpm or ncurses is trying to connect the
> mouse differently in urxvt than in xterm).  ncurses uses the terminal
> description to decide if it looks like xterm.
>
> What does infocmp tell inside urxvt if you don't override $TERM ?

By default urxvt uses TERM=rxvt-unicode but I usually override it with 
TERM=rxvt (and problem
appears with default value too). This is infocmp output:

#       Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /etc/terminfo/r/rxvt
rxvt|rxvt terminal emulator (X Window System),
        am, bce, eo, mir, msgr, xenl, xon,
        colors#8, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, ncv@, pairs#64,
        acsc=``aaffggjjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~,
        bel=^G, blink=\E[5m, bold=\E[1m, civis=\E[?25l,
        clear=\E[H\E[2J, cnorm=\E[?25h, cr=^M,
        csr=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, cub=\E[%p1%dD, cub1=^H,
        cud=\E[%p1%dB, cud1=^J, cuf=\E[%p1%dC, cuf1=\E[C,
        cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, cuu=\E[%p1%dA, cuu1=\E[A,
        dl=\E[%p1%dM, dl1=\E[M, ed=\E[J, el=\E[K, el1=\E[1K,
        enacs=\E(B\E)0, flash=\E[?5h\E[?5l, home=\E[H,
        hpa=\E[%i%p1%dG, ht=^I, hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@, ich1=\E[@,
        il=\E[%p1%dL, il1=\E[L, ind=^J, is1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l,
        is2=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l,
        kDC=\E[3$, kEND=\E[8$, kHOM=\E[7$, kIC=\E2$, kLFT=\E[d,
        kNXT=\E[6$, kPRV=\E[5$, kRIT=\E[c, ka1=\EOw, ka3=\EOy,
        kb2=\EOu, kbs=^H, kc1=\EOq, kc3=\EOs, kcbt=\E[Z, kcub1=\E[D,
        kcud1=\E[B, kcuf1=\E[C, kcuu1=\E[A, kdch1=\E[3~,
        kel=\E[8\^, kend=\E[8~, kent=\EOM, kf0=\E[21~, kf1=\E[11~,
        kf10=\E[21~, kf11=\E[23~, kf12=\E[24~, kf13=\E[25~,
        kf14=\E[26~, kf15=\E[28~, kf16=\E[29~, kf17=\E[31~,
        kf18=\E[32~, kf19=\E[33~, kf2=\E[12~, kf20=\E[34~,
        kf21=\E[23$, kf22=\E[24$, kf23=\E[11\^, kf24=\E[12\^,
        kf25=\E[13\^, kf26=\E[14\^, kf27=\E[15\^, kf28=\E[17\^,
        kf29=\E[18\^, kf3=\E[13~, kf30=\E[19\^, kf31=\E[20\^,
        kf32=\E[21\^, kf33=\E[23\^, kf34=\E[24\^, kf35=\E[25\^,
        kf36=\E[26\^, kf37=\E[28\^, kf38=\E[29\^, kf39=\E[31\^,
        kf4=\E[14~, kf40=\E[32\^, kf41=\E[33\^, kf42=\E[34\^,
        kf43=\E[23@, kf44=\E[24@, kf5=\E[15~, kf6=\E[17~,
        kf7=\E[18~, kf8=\E[19~, kf9=\E[20~, kfnd=\E[1~,
        khome=\E[7~, kich1=\E[2~, kmous=\E[M, knp=\E[6~, kpp=\E[5~,
        kslt=\E[4~, op=\E[39;49m, rc=\E8, rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM,
        rmacs=^O, rmcup=\E[2J\E[?47l\E8, rmir=\E[4l, rmkx=\E>,
        rmso=\E[27m, rmul=\E[24m,
        rs1=\E>\E[1;3;4;5;6l\E[?7h\E[m\E[r\E[2J\E[H,
        rs2=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l\E>\E[?1000l\E[?25h,
        s0ds=\E(B, s1ds=\E(0, sc=\E7, setab=\E[4%p1%dm,
        setaf=\E[3%p1%dm,
        
sgr=\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;m%?%p9%t\016%e\017%;,
        sgr0=\E[m\017, smacs=^N, smcup=\E7\E[?47h, smir=\E[4h,
        smkx=\E=, smso=\E[7m, smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g,
        u6=\E[%i%d;%dR, u7=\E[6n, u8=\E[?1;2c, u9=\E[c,
        vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,


And this is with TERM=xterm:

#       Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /etc/terminfo/x/xterm
xterm|xterm terminal emulator (X Window System),
        am, bce, km, mc5i, mir, msgr, npc, xenl,
        colors#8, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, pairs#64,
        acsc=``aaffggiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~,
        bel=^G, blink=\E[5m, bold=\E[1m, cbt=\E[Z, civis=\E[?25l,
        clear=\E[H\E[2J, cnorm=\E[?12l\E[?25h, cr=^M,
        csr=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, cub=\E[%p1%dD, cub1=^H,
        cud=\E[%p1%dB, cud1=^J, cuf=\E[%p1%dC, cuf1=\E[C,
        cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, cuu=\E[%p1%dA, cuu1=\E[A,
        cvvis=\E[?12;25h, dch=\E[%p1%dP, dch1=\E[P, dl=\E[%p1%dM,
        dl1=\E[M, ech=\E[%p1%dX, ed=\E[J, el=\E[K, el1=\E[1K,
        flash=\E[?5h$<100/>\E[?5l, home=\E[H, hpa=\E[%i%p1%dG,
        ht=^I, hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@, il=\E[%p1%dL, il1=\E[L,
        ind=^J, indn=\E[%p1%dS, invis=\E[8m,
        is2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, kDC=\E[3;2~, kEND=\E[1;2F,
        kHOM=\E[1;2H, kIC=\E[2;2~, kLFT=\E[1;2D, kNXT=\E[6;2~,
        kPRV=\E[5;2~, kRIT=\E[1;2C, kb2=\EOE, kbs=^H, kcbt=\E[Z,
        kcub1=\EOD, kcud1=\EOB, kcuf1=\EOC, kcuu1=\EOA,
        kdch1=\E[3~, kend=\EOF, kent=\EOM, kf1=\EOP, kf10=\E[21~,
        kf11=\E[23~, kf12=\E[24~, kf13=\E[2P, kf14=\E[2Q,
        kf15=\E[2R, kf16=\E[2S, kf17=\E[15;2~, kf18=\E[17;2~,
        kf19=\E[18;2~, kf2=\EOQ, kf20=\E[19;2~, kf21=\E[20;2~,
        kf22=\E[21;2~, kf23=\E[23;2~, kf24=\E[24;2~, kf25=\E[5P,
        kf26=\E[5Q, kf27=\E[5R, kf28=\E[5S, kf29=\E[15;5~,
        kf3=\EOR, kf30=\E[17;5~, kf31=\E[18;5~, kf32=\E[19;5~,
        kf33=\E[20;5~, kf34=\E[21;5~, kf35=\E[23;5~,
        kf36=\E[24;5~, kf37=\E[6P, kf38=\E[6Q, kf39=\E[6R,
        kf4=\EOS, kf40=\E[6S, kf41=\E[15;6~, kf42=\E[17;6~,
        kf43=\E[18;6~, kf44=\E[19;6~, kf45=\E[20;6~,
        kf46=\E[21;6~, kf47=\E[23;6~, kf48=\E[24;6~, kf49=\E[3P,
        kf5=\E[15~, kf50=\E[3Q, kf51=\E[3R, kf52=\E[3S,
        kf53=\E[15;3~, kf54=\E[17;3~, kf55=\E[18;3~,
        kf56=\E[19;3~, kf57=\E[20;3~, kf58=\E[21;3~,
        kf59=\E[23;3~, kf6=\E[17~, kf60=\E[24;3~, kf61=\E[4P,
        kf62=\E[4Q, kf63=\E[4R, kf7=\E[18~, kf8=\E[19~, kf9=\E[20~,
        khome=\EOH, kich1=\E[2~, kind=\E[1;2B, kmous=\E[M,
        knp=\E[6~, kpp=\E[5~, kri=\E[1;2A, mc0=\E[i, mc4=\E[4i,
        mc5=\E[5i, meml=\El, memu=\Em, op=\E[39;49m, rc=\E8,
        rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM, rin=\E[%p1%dT, rmacs=\E(B, rmam=\E[?7l,
        rmcup=\E[?1049l, rmir=\E[4l, rmkx=\E[?1l\E>,
        rmm=\E[?1034l, rmso=\E[27m, rmul=\E[24m, rs1=\Ec,
        rs2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, sc=\E7, setab=\E[4%p1%dm,
        setaf=\E[3%p1%dm,
        
setb=\E[4%?%p1%{1}%=%t4%e%p1%{3}%=%t6%e%p1%{4}%=%t1%e%p1%{6}%=%t3%e%p1%d%;m,
        
setf=\E[3%?%p1%{1}%=%t4%e%p1%{3}%=%t6%e%p1%{4}%=%t1%e%p1%{6}%=%t3%e%p1%d%;m,
        
sgr=%?%p9%t\E(0%e\E(B%;\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m,
        sgr0=\E(B\E[m, smacs=\E(0, smam=\E[?7h, smcup=\E[?1049h,
        smir=\E[4h, smkx=\E[?1h\E=, smm=\E[?1034h, smso=\E[7m,
        smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g, u6=\E[%i%d;%dR, u7=\E[6n,
        u8=\E[?1;2c, u9=\E[c, vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,

> Sounds like one of the bugs in gpm.
> I did a workaround for this last year, before releasing ncurses 5.7

Yes, it is!  Thank you very much!  GPM is running only on machine where I've 
experienced this
problem and now I'm able to reproduce it on both of them.

What workaround do you suggest? I plan to file a bug to gentoo bugzilla but not 
sure about right
category.  Maybe you have patch against ncurses-5.6 (which currently shipped as 
stable) or
it is better to upgrade?  Or we should blame gpm only?

Also I can try to upgrade gpm from 1.20.5 to 1.20.6 and test if problem remains.