On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 12:48:06AM +0200, Allan Wind wrote: > Package: xterm > Version: 398-1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > Sorry, this is probably a terrible bug report, but I figured that I > should let you know that I have had intermittent glitches with xterm > for a while now. It forces me to use a different x-terminal-emulator, > as I can't trust what is on the screen. Feel free to reject the bug > report if it provides no value. Happy to provide any additional debug > info. I reviewed both 463784 and 1014625 but I can't tell if it's the > same issue. It seems scroll related. > > I observe the issue most often when I try to compose a message with mutt > + nvim, and when I press enter, the following line is duplicated each > time. The glitches are cleared on the screen with ctrl-l but the issue > persist. I have also seen it with nvim editing a text file. I have > eliminated mutt, nvim, and tmux. I have seen it with both vim and nvim. > I also seen it a strange scroll behavior half way down the screen.
The description seems familiar, as if I'd fixed this, but reading my change notes, don't see something to associate it. So I don't know. > If I open a 2nd xterm when I see the issue, it too, will exhibit the > same issue, as will closing and retrying. Then I installed alacritty, > and when I started it, the glitches in xterm disappeared. > > I have been on the same hardware for years, NVIDIA Corporation GM206GLM > [Quadro M2200 Mobile], and been tracking the stable driver. > > > /Allan > > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** > > * What led up to the situation? > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > * What was the outcome of this action? > * What outcome did you expect instead? > > *** End of the template - remove these template lines *** > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 13.6 > APT prefers stable-updates > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, > 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 6.12.90+deb13.1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, > TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not > set > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > Versions of packages xterm depends on: > ii libc6 2.41-12+deb13u3 > ii libfontconfig1 2.15.0-2.3 > ii libfreetype6 2.13.3+dfsg-1+deb13u1 > ii libice6 2:1.1.1-1 > ii libtinfo6 6.5+20250216-2 > ii libutempter0 1.2.1-4 > ii libx11-6 2:1.8.12-1 > ii libxaw7 2:1.0.16-1 > ii libxext6 2:1.3.4-1+b3 > ii libxft2 2.3.6-1+b4 > ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.4-3+b4 > ii libxmu6 2:1.1.3-3+b4 > ii libxpm4 1:3.5.17-1+deb13u1 > ii libxt6t64 1:1.2.1-1.2+b2 > ii xbitmaps 1.1.1-2.2 > > Versions of packages xterm recommends: > ii luit [luit] 2.0.20240910-1 > ii x11-utils 7.7+7 > > Versions of packages xterm suggests: > pn xfonts-cyrillic <none> > > -- no debconf information > > -- > Yaxto ApS - Runs Your Business > Sommerlyst 12, 6630 Rødding, Denmark > CVR nr: 46415604 > -- Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]> https://invisible-island.net
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