Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-terminal
Steps to reproduce:
* open a gnome-terminal window and maximize it (i don't know wheter maximizing
is necessary, but it seems to help)
* fill the window with text (run dmesg for instance)
* start selecting text from the top of the window (keep button 1 pressed)
* drag your mouse down to outside terminal window, selecting all of the text in
the terminal (keep button 1 pressed)
* while keeping button 1 pressed, right click
* while holding both buttons down, move mouse pointer to something unclickable
in the popup menu
* first release the left button, then the right one
* press escape or click outside the terminal window to make the popup disappear
* first check whether you might be in the bogus state (fase 1): moving the
mouse over the terminal window should make the selection change (don't click
anything in the terminal window!)
* now open gedit and press the middle mouse button in it: it will probably
paste some of the contents of the terminal window, or even all of it if you
select in the right direction and make it select everything.
* second test whether you're in the bogus state (test one should have
succeeded, if it didn't try again from the start!): try to select some text in
gedit (or pidgin): in input text fields it isn't possible (the selection
shortly appears but disappears immediately. It is possible that the first test
did work, but this one didn't, try some variations with window sizes, locations
of pressing and releasing mouse buttons. I tried to describe as correctly as
possible what did the trick on 2 of my pc's).
* third test: select 1 word in firefox (it seems selecting in firefox is
possible while in bogus state, this make me suspect the problem is only
gtk-wide), try pasting it in gedit with the middle-mouse-button: it pastes the
terminal output again. (this should work if test 2 worked, if test 2 didn't
work, this one probably wont either.)
Is this problem worth fixing if it's so hard to reproduce? I think it
is, since I discovered this by accident (which might suggest there are
other ways to enter the bogus state). It's a very frustrating experience
that when you paste something, you get a 1000 line long terminal log
instead of a short url you intended to paste, and you cannot remove the
wrongly pasted item by just selecting the text and delete it.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jan 3 02:19:29 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnome-terminal 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64
** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug
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gnome terminal doesn't leave "select" mode and keeps overwriting clipboard and
makes selecting in gtk applications impossible
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/502499
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