Thomas: This issue is reproducible simply by attempting to scan a barcode into the xterm window NOT a child process, I was simply indicating that it happened in both places. The USB scanner is acting as a basic character-input device when used like this. There's no special application running it's just detected by Ubuntu as a Symbol Scanner and then I'm opening an xterm window and trying to scan something, at this point xterm completely locks up, can't cntrl-c can't click X to kill it. Have to manually open another terminal and kill the xterm process. However, the Scanner will work properly using any other application that was not launched using xterm. For instance I can launch lxterminal and it accepts the scan as text input just fine, same with a web browser, or leafpad.
Also, this is not an issue on our previous system installation which uses Ubuntu Maverick & has xterm 261-1ubuntu3 installed, it's only happening on Trusty with xterm 297-1ubuntu1. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xterm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1499416 Title: xterm freeze when accepting input from usb scanner Status in xterm package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have a symbol DS4208 Wired USB barcode scanner hooked up to a machine running Ubuntu 14.04 via a USB connector. When using xterm and attempting to scan a 1D or 2D barcode the xterm window will accept in a couple characters from the USB scanner not in the correct order, and then lockup. The number of characters accepted varies, and is never in the correct order. This also happens from any child process launched from the xterm window. This issue is not present when I first sudo -s to obtain a root shell. Scans will be interpreted properly and characters are entered into child processes, or command line correctly depending on where the cursor is situated. This issue is not present in other terminal emulators such as lxterminal. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xterm/+bug/1499416/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp