Bug#406830: libvte4: opening new tab in maximized gnome/xfce-terminal with hotkey does not render prompt

[Michal Matyska]

Package: libvte4
Version: 1:0.12.2-4
Severity: minor

When I create new tab using keyboard shortcut, the command prompt is not
shown (just cursor in the top left corner). Then if I press any key, the
prompt is redered together with the key. The same shows if the new tab
is opened from the menu and I select Open New Tab and press Enter. If I
click mouse on the menu item, the prompt is shown.

The terminal shows prompt correctly when running in normal window size
and in fullscreen. The reported problem occurs only and only when the
window is maximized and for the third and next tabs. (Inserting of the
tab switcher forces the screen to redraw).

If I disable "Hide frame of windows when maximized" (I use Xfce), then
the prompt is shown correctly, even the window is maximized. Well
"maximized" is not the correct word at this moment, because it uses
maximal extent it can to have the interior of the window as multiples of
character size, but there is small amount of desktop visible on the
right and bottom edges.

I thought the problem is in xfce-terminal (see
http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2665), but it appears in the
gnome-terminal too, where I'm getting the non-rendered prompt even with
new tab opened by mouse menu selection.


ii  libvte-common                0.12.2-4    Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 2.0 - common files
un  libvte2                      <none>      (no description available)
ii  libvte4                      0.12.2-4    Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 2.0 - runtime files


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (510, 'testing'), (100, 'stable'), (90, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.1-2cpu-vanilla
Locale: LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=cs_CZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages libvte4 depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                  1.12.4-1    The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                    1.2.4-4     The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1               2.4.1-2     generic font configuration library
ii  libglib2.0-0                 2.12.4-2    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                  2.8.20-3    The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                      1:1.0.1-2   X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5                  5.5-5       Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libpango1.0-0                1.14.8-4    Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                       1:1.0.1-3   X11 Session Management library
ii  libvte-common                1:0.12.2-4  Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.0.3-4   X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1                  1.1.7-4     X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                     1:1.0.1-2   X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                   1:4.0.1-5   X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxft2                      2.1.8.2-8   FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi6                       1:1.0.1-4   X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1                 1:1.0.1-4.1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2                   2:1.1.0.2-5 X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                  1:0.9.1-3   X Rendering Extension client libra

libvte4 recommends no packages.

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