** Description changed: - There are two annoying bugs in far2l in the Wayland session: the - response to keyboard button presses has a noticeable delay, and the ESC - key has to be pressed twice. There are no such problems in X11 sessions. + [ Impact ] - This patch (from upstream) fixes both: + The response to keyboard button presses has a noticeable delay, and the + ESC key has to be pressed twice. Bug reproduces only in Wayland + sessions, but not in X11 sessions. + + This seriously affects user experience, so fix should be backported to + stable release. + + Fix works as follows: far2l uses X11-secific technique to receive key + combinations often not available in common terminal emulators, like + Ctrl+0, and also to distinguish ESC key presses from char with 27 code + sent to terminal. It is called ttyxi mode (xi for XInput it uses). But + under Wayland this technique is not working due to Wayland security + model, and also introduces delay bug. This patch disables this technique + under Wayland, and enables other way for ESC key processing using delay + measurement, like mc does. + + [ Test plan ] + + 1. Install far2l in Ubuntu 24.04: + apt install far2l + + 2. Run far2l: + far2l + + 3. Press some keys to notice input delay; open any dialog (press F1 for + example) and try to close it using ESC key to notice you should press it + twice. + + [ Where problems could occur ] + + The fix is already in master branch of upstream far2l, it is also + presents in far2l ppa and no problems were found during testing by + enthusiasts. The only problem is extended key support will not work in + common terminals, but is can not work under Wayland anyway. Still you + can use kitty terminal emulator that has extended keyboard protocol + allowing apps to receive any key combinations. + + This patch (from upstream) fixing both issues (also attached as a file below): https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/elfmz/far2l/pull/2043.diff + + [ Other info + + The workaround is to run far2l as follows: + far2l --nodetect=xi --ee + + First option, --nodetect=xi, disables ttyxi mode (it is X11-specific and + can not operate under Wayland anyway). The second option enables ESC key + processing using delays measurement, as it is done in mc. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: far2l 2.6.0~beta+ds-1build2 [modified: usr/lib/far2l/far2l_ttyx.broker] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-31.31-generic 6.8.1 Uname: Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Apr 27 09:08:40 2024 InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-04-25 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424) ProcEnviron: - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - PATH=(custom, no user) - SHELL=/bin/bash - TERM=xterm-256color - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + PATH=(custom, no user) + SHELL=/bin/bash + TERM=xterm-256color + XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SourcePackage: far2l UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Description changed: [ Impact ] The response to keyboard button presses has a noticeable delay, and the ESC key has to be pressed twice. Bug reproduces only in Wayland sessions, but not in X11 sessions. This seriously affects user experience, so fix should be backported to stable release. Fix works as follows: far2l uses X11-secific technique to receive key combinations often not available in common terminal emulators, like Ctrl+0, and also to distinguish ESC key presses from char with 27 code sent to terminal. It is called ttyxi mode (xi for XInput it uses). But under Wayland this technique is not working due to Wayland security model, and also introduces delay bug. This patch disables this technique under Wayland, and enables other way for ESC key processing using delay measurement, like mc does. [ Test plan ] 1. Install far2l in Ubuntu 24.04: apt install far2l 2. Run far2l: far2l 3. Press some keys to notice input delay; open any dialog (press F1 for example) and try to close it using ESC key to notice you should press it twice. [ Where problems could occur ] The fix is already in master branch of upstream far2l, it is also presents in far2l ppa and no problems were found during testing by enthusiasts. The only problem is extended key support will not work in common terminals, but is can not work under Wayland anyway. Still you can use kitty terminal emulator that has extended keyboard protocol allowing apps to receive any key combinations. This patch (from upstream) fixing both issues (also attached as a file below): https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/elfmz/far2l/pull/2043.diff - [ Other info + [ Other info ] The workaround is to run far2l as follows: far2l --nodetect=xi --ee First option, --nodetect=xi, disables ttyxi mode (it is X11-specific and can not operate under Wayland anyway). The second option enables ESC key processing using delays measurement, as it is done in mc. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: far2l 2.6.0~beta+ds-1build2 [modified: usr/lib/far2l/far2l_ttyx.broker] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-31.31-generic 6.8.1 Uname: Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Apr 27 09:08:40 2024 InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-04-25 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SourcePackage: far2l UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2063919 Title: [patch] Disable ttyxi input processing under Wayland To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/far2l/+bug/2063919/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
