From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261595AbTIGWxx (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Sep 2003 18:53:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261623AbTIGWxx (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Sep 2003 18:53:53 -0400 Received: from h013.c007.snv.cp.net ([209.228.33.241]:37547 "HELO c007.snv.cp.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261595AbTIGWxv (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Sep 2003 18:53:51 -0400 X-Sent: 7 Sep 2003 22:53:15 GMT Message-ID: <000801c37592$b146ad60$323be90c@bananacabana> From: "Chris Peterson" To: "Paul Dickson" Cc: References: <001301c3756f$18f847d0$323be90c@bananacabana> <20030907151029.331f5fa4.dickson@permanentmail.com> Subject: Re: [PROBLEM] "ls -R" freezes when using gnome-terminal on linux-2.6.0-test4 Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 15:52:19 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org thanks, Paul. I grabbed the new gnome-terminal and vte RPMs and they seem to fix the problem. chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Dickson" To: "Chris Peterson" Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [PROBLEM] "ls -R" freezes when using gnome-terminal on linux-2.6.0-test4 > On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 11:37:31 -0700, Chris Peterson wrote: > > > I have discovered a regression between linux-2.4.20-8 (Redhat 9) and > > linux-2.6.0-test4. I have not tried any other versions of linux-2.6.0-testX > > or 2.5.x. > > > > How to reproduce the problem: > > 1. Running GNOME on linux-2.6.0-test4, open two gnome-terminals. > > 2. In the first gnome-terminal, run "ls -R /" or "ls -R /dev" (you won't > > have to wait as long :-). > > 3. In the second gnome-terminal, simply run "ls" (or just opening a > > gnome-terminal window will sometimes cause the same problem). > > > > Actual Results: > > The ls in the first gnome-terminal will usually freeze. Neither CTRL+C nor > > CTRL+Z will kill the ls process. The gnome-terminal itself is NOT frozen. > > Its window menus are still responsive. > > > > If you reset the terminal via the menu, the terminal will unfreeze (until > the next freeze). > > Grab the RPMs from Severn for gnome-terminal and vte. It will slow down > the terminal I/O and avoid the problem. I'm not entirely sure whether > this is a fix or just avoiding the problem with more computation (I'm > running on a 300 MHz notebook), but I can now do a "make menuconfig". > > -Paul > >