On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 09:02:22AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > Am Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 08:33:09PM -0500 schrieb Thomas Dickey: > > > LANGUAGE= > > > LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8" > > > LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8" > > > LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8" > > > LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8" > > > LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8" > > > LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8" > > > LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8" > > > LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8" > > > LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8" > > > LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8" > > > LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8" > > > LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8" > > > LC_ALL= > > > > I tried that - no change > > I admit I do not think the locale setting is responsible for the issue. > > > > I've made the Geometry that size to fit exactly a quarter of my screen > > > fitting 4 xterms at one time. Xfce4 places these intelligently in a > > > 2x2 matrix. > > > > Something like this will work, but fixing the problem with the menus: > > > > XTerm*VT100.geometry: 111x36 > > > > It's in the FAQ: > > > > https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html#tiny_menus > > Thanks for the hint but I think this was not my main problem. ;-) > > > > I'm using Debian packages exclusively - I have no time to spent > > > extra fancy things. BTW. I'm observing the very same bug on my > > > second laptop I'm using for traveling (but my desktop with the > > > same setup works without any problem) > > > > > > Could you send me the full command line > > > "xrdb -load ??" > > > > I pasted the text from earlier mail as "bad.ad" (attached), > > and loaded it with > > > > xrdb -load bad.ad > > I tried this but it did not changed the problem. > > > > I could check here. What strace call should I send to track > > > down the issue. Please note that while I'm an experienced > > > > I'd just > > > > strace -o trace.log -s 1024 xterm > > > > to capture a long trace (~200kb), > > and look to see if there's something interesting where xterm dies. > > I've attached my gziped trace.log. > > > I also ran xterm using -report-fonts, which shows the fonts opened. > > Since xterm is crashing before this does not report anything > interesting.
hmm - it's not showing much. What does xfd do with that pattern? (using single quotes): xfd -fn '-*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' If you don't have that installed, it's part of x11-utils: /usr/bin/xfd (reinstalling the font might be helpful) -- Thomas E. Dickey <dic...@invisible-island.net> https://invisible-island.net ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net
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