On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 20:09, Joey Hess wrote: > Package: xterm > Version: 4.2.1-3 > Severity: normal > > I couldn't belive this was happening at first, but I have reproduced it > 4 times now. > > * Run an xterm or two, and verify that text highlights as expected; > starting from the letter clicked on and extending up or down to the > point the mouse is over when dragging with the mouse. Stop dragging > and click on the xterm once to clear the highlight. > * run "date -s "1:50pm" (time was 1:52 pm when I first did this) > * Now highlight some text. Try to clear the highlight by clicking > outside it, and the highlight instead expends to cover the point > clicked. Very annoying. > * hwlcock --hctosys and watch highlighting return to normal. > > I'd suspect some kind of bogus timestamp and/or something nasty in the X > protocol. > > My system clock is set to GMT, my timezone is -0500 from GMT right now. > I don't reproduce this behavior in other X apps I tried: xedit, galeon, > and xchat's main window. I do get some weird behavior with highliughted > text in xchat's text entry field after setting the time back. > > Oh, and if I just set the time back say, 30 seconds, it seems that after > approximatly 30 seconds, the messed up highlighting behavior goes away. > I'm not sure if the correspondance is perfect.
Probably is; this is a known bug in the X server which should be fixed on the CVS trunk. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
