Package: xterm Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Severity: normal the triggering problem is that when the xserver switches away, it seems to keep its key states. that becomes a problem, if the command that causes the switch away is started from an xterm, as then the enter key stays pressed. that's "half as bad" if it is a background command, as then one is "only" flooded with prompts. however, when the command blocks, the xterm stops processing events. it shows a black screen, the cpu usage is zero and strace indicates that select() times out once per second.
-- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.26 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE Versions of packages xterm depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libexpat1 1.95.6-8 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii libfontconfig1 2.2.3-1 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Athena widget set library ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxft2 2.1.2-6 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous util ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X pixmap library ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries m ii xlibs-data 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client data -- no debconf information
