Public bug reported:
~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
~$ apt-cache policy gnome-terminal
gnome-terminal:
Installed: 3.18.3-1ubuntu1
Candidate: 3.18.3-1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 3.18.3-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
When running the `who` or `w` commands in a gnome-terminal window, it is
not shown. Nor can you send a write username [tty] command to the
gnome-terminal that is open.
>From the gnome-terminal:
~$ w
14:41:59 up 6:01, 3 users, load average: 0.19, 0.25, 0.18
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
terrance tty7 :0 08:40 6:01m 25:07 0.08s /sbin/upstart -
terrance pts/1 :0.0 11:00 2:58m 0.47s 0.47s bash
terrance pts/6 :0.0 11:02 1:58 0.46s 0.46s bash
~$ tty
/dev/pts/7
~$ write terrance /dev/pts/7
write: terrance is not logged in on pts/7
>From a xfce4-terminal window:
~$ w
14:52:27 up 6:12, 3 users, load average: 0.34, 0.28, 0.21
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
terrance tty7 :0 08:40 6:11m 25:23 0.08s /sbin/upstart -
terrance pts/1 :0.0 11:00 3:09m 0.47s 0.47s bash
terrance pts/6 :0.0 11:02 1.00s 0.48s 0.01s w
~$ tty
/dev/pts/6
~$ write terrance /dev/pts/6
Message from terrance@terrance-ubuntu on pts/6 at 14:53 ...
EOF
This seems to be only showing problems in the gnome-terminal. Any other
terminal I have tried has worked successfully.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gnome-terminal 3.18.3-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Feb 3 14:48:05 2018
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages xenial
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who or w command produces no tty information about terminal
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