On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Thomas Dziedzic wrote:

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:52 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:

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Guys,

I have a strange problem. ctrl+c is completely broken on my system. It won't cancel Jack Schit. It is the strangest thing I've seen. I apologize if there is some archain Arch notice on this I apologize, I've missed it.

This is easy to test. Just to 'ping anywhere' and then try and kill it with ctrl+c. I have to open another terminal and either 'killall ping' or kill the pid to get the thing to stop. Same thing happens if I mistype a cli and need to cancel the execution (like if I mistype a ' instead of a " and the script continues on a new line)

What's up with this?

Works for me.

What packages did you upgrade and what did you do recently?

Try a new keyboard to help isolate the problem.

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 12:49 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:

On 07/17/2010 12:01 AM, Corey Johns wrote:

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On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Thomas Dziedzic  wrote:

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On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:52 PM, David C. Rankin  wrote:

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Guys,

       I have a strange problem. ctrl+c is completely broken on my

system.

...

It won't cancel Jack Schit. It is the strangest thing I've seen. I

apologize

...

if there is some archain Arch notice on this I apologize, I've missed it.

       This is easy to test. Just to 'ping anywhere' and then try and

kill

...

it with ctrl+c. I have to open another terminal and either 'killall ping'

or

...

kill the pid to get the thing to stop. Same thing happens if I mistype a

cli

...

and need to cancel the execution (like if I mistype a ' instead of a "

and

...

the script continues on a new line)

       What's up with this?

Works for me.

What packages did you upgrade and what did you do recently?

Try a new keyboard to help isolate the problem.

I would, but this is a laptop :p

The list of packages updated recently are:

[2010-07-14 17:29] Running 'pacman -Sy wesnoth' [2010-07-14 17:29] synchronizing package lists [2010-07-14 17:30] Note: [2010-07-14 17:30] ==> If you experience sound problems try setting your SDL_AUDIODRIVER environment variable to "dma" [2010-07-14 17:30] ==> eg. export SDL_AUDIODRIVER="dma" ; wesnoth [2010-07-14 17:30] ==> If "dma" doesn't work,other options are: dsp,alsa,artsc,esd,nas try to find the right output. [2010-07-14 17:30] installed wesnoth (1.8.2-2) [2010-07-15 04:32] Running 'pacman -Syu' [2010-07-15 04:32] synchronizing package lists [2010-07-15 04:33] starting full system upgrade [2010-07-15 04:47] removed obexd (0.28-1) [2010-07-15 04:47] upgraded bluez (4.67-1 -> 4.69-1) [2010-07-15 04:47] upgraded clutter (1.2.8-1 -> 1.2.10-1) [2010-07-15 04:47] upgraded udev (159-1 -> 160-1) [2010-07-15 04:47] upgraded device-mapper (2.02.69-1 -> 2.02.70-1) [2010-07-15 04:47] upgraded eventlog (0.2.9-1 -> 0.2.12-1) [2010-07-15 04:47] upgraded fbpanel (6.0-1 -> 6.1-2) [2010-07-15 04:47] upgraded glitz (0.5.6-1 -> 0.5.6-2) [2010-07-15 04:47] upgraded gparted (0.6.0-1 -> 0.6.1-1) [2010-07-15 04:47] upgraded gvfs (1.6.2-1 -> 1.6.3-1) [2010-07-15 04:47] upgraded gvfs-obexftp (1.6.2-1 -> 1.6.3-1) [2010-07-15 04:47] upgraded initscripts (2010.06-2 -> 2010.07-1) [2010-07-15 04:47] upgraded linux-firmware (20100606-1 -> 20100623-2) [2010-07-15 04:47] upgraded mkinitcpio (0.6.6-1 -> 0.6.7-1) [2010-07-15 04:47] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ... [2010-07-15 04:47] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP [2010-07-15 04:47] >>> ---------------- [2010-07-15 04:47] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID, [2010-07-15 04:47] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf . [2010-07-15 04:47] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here: [2010-07-15 04:47] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio [2010-07-15 04:47] [2010-07-15 04:47] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait... [2010-07-15 04:47] ==> Building image "default" [2010-07-15 04:47] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.32-lts -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-lts.img [2010-07-15 04:47] :: Begin build [2010-07-15 04:47] :: Parsing hook [base] [2010-07-15 04:47] :: Parsing hook [udev] [2010-07-15 04:47] :: Parsing hook [autodetect] [2010-07-15 04:47] :: Parsing hook [pata] [2010-07-15 04:47] :: Parsing hook [scsi] [2010-07-15 04:47] :: Parsing hook [sata] [2010-07-15 04:47] :: Parsing hook [filesystems] [2010-07-15 04:47] :: Generating module dependencies [2010-07-15 04:47] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-lts.img'...SUCCESS [2010-07-15 04:47] ==> SUCCESS [2010-07-15 04:47] ==> Building image "fallback" [2010-07-15 04:47] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.32-lts -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-lts-fallback.img -S autodetect [2010-07-15 04:47] :: Begin build [2010-07-15 04:47] :: Parsing hook [base] [2010-07-15 04:48] :: Parsing hook [udev] [2010-07-15 04:48] :: Parsing hook [pata] [2010-07-15 04:48] :: Parsing hook [scsi] [2010-07-15 04:48] :: Parsing hook [sata] [2010-07-15 04:48] :: Parsing hook [filesystems] [2010-07-15 04:48] :: Generating module dependencies [2010-07-15 04:48] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-lts-fallback.img'...SUCCESS [2010-07-15 04:48] ==> SUCCESS [2010-07-15 04:48] upgraded kernel26-lts (2.6.32.15-1 -> 2.6.32.16-1) [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded kernel26-lts-headers (2.6.32.15-1 -> 2.6.32.16-1) [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded libssh (0.4.4-1 -> 0.4.5-1) [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded libwebkit (1.2.1-1 -> 1.2.2-1) [2010-07-15 04:49] when you use a non-reparenting window manager [2010-07-15 04:49] set _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1 in [2010-07-15 04:49] /etc/profile.d/openjdk6.sh [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded openjdk6 (6.b18_1.8-1 -> 6.b18_0.hg_20100715-1) [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded lucene (2.9.2-1 -> 2.9.3-1) [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded lvm2 (2.02.69-1 -> 2.02.70-1) [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded mkvtoolnix (4.1.1-1 -> 4.1.1-2) [2010-07-15 04:49] installed obexd-client (0.29-2) [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded sip (4.10.2-1 -> 4.10.3-1) [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded pyqt (4.7.3-1 -> 4.7.4-2) [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded qscintilla (2.4.3-1 -> 2.4.4-2) [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded ruby (1.9.1_p378-2 -> 1.9.1_p429-1) [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded subtitleeditor (0.37.0-1 -> 0.37.1-1) [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded whois (5.0.5-1 -> 5.0.6-1) [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded xf86-video-ati (6.13.0-1 -> 6.13.1-1) [2010-07-15 04:49] upgraded xorg-util-macros (1.8.0-1 -> 1.10.0-1) [2010-07-15 15:29] Running 'pacman -Sy clamav' [2010-07-15 15:29] synchronizing package lists [2010-07-15 15:30] installed clamav (0.96.1-1) [2010-07-16 17:36] Running 'pacman -Syu' [2010-07-16 17:36] synchronizing package lists [2010-07-16 17:37] starting full system upgrade [2010-07-16 17:37] upgraded cryptsetup (1.1.2-1 -> 1.1.3-1) [2010-07-16 17:37] upgraded glew (1.5.4-1 -> 1.5.5-1) [2010-07-16 17:37] upgraded hunspell (1.2.11-1 -> 1.2.12-1) [2010-07-16 18:26] Running 'pacman -Sy kdemod3-kxmleditor' [2010-07-16 18:26] synchronizing package lists [2010-07-16 18:26] installed kdemod3-kxmleditor (1.1.4-1) [2010-07-16 18:32] Running 'pacman -Sy kdemod3-kxmleditor' [2010-07-16 18:32] synchronizing package lists [2010-07-16 18:33] Running 'pacman -Sy xmlsec xmlto xerces-c' [2010-07-16 18:33] synchronizing package lists [2010-07-16 18:34] installed xmlsec (1.2.14-1) [2010-07-16 18:34] installed perl-yaml-syck (1.07-1) [2010-07-16 18:34] installed perl-test-pod (1.44-1) [2010-07-16 18:34] installed xmlto (0.0.23-1) [2010-07-16 18:34] installed xerces-c (3.1.0-2)

Of all the packages LTS seems the most likely. I'm running on LTS due to the problem with compiz white-screening on the 2.6.34 kernel. I wonder if some of the recent changes that caused the problem with compiz failing are beginning to be included in LTS with the latest kernel update. Dunno. I'll reboot a couple of times and see if that help ( that has a strange right to it... reboot and see if it helps :)

Can you downgrade the -lts kernel and see if it works? If not, can you try downgrading some other packages also?

On 07/17/2010 12:52 AM, Thomas Dziedzic wrote:

Can you downgrade the -lts kernel and see if it works? If not, can you try downgrading some other packages also?

Thomas, I'm going to work through the .xmodmap thoughts Jeff Cook had and then I'll downgrade LTS and see if that cures it. I'll report back on both. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

On 07/17/10 01:49, David C. Rankin wrote:

On 07/17/2010 12:01 AM, Corey Johns wrote:

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Try a new keyboard to help isolate the problem.

I would, but this is a laptop :p

For the record: All laptops I've seen have USB ports, and all modern separate-keyboards I've seen have USB plugs [unless they're Bluetooth based, which might also work with your laptop] -- so why not test with an external keyboard if you have one around? They *work* on my laptop, even if I don't use them for everyday use. [since you already found Ctrl-C works in Konsole, there's probably no use to do that test anymore though] -Isaac

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 3:25 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:

On 07/16/2010 09:52 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:

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Guys,

I have a strange problem. ctrl+c is completely broken on my system. It won't cancel Jack Schit. It is the strangest thing I've seen. I apologize if there is some archain Arch notice on this I apologize, I've missed it.

This is easy to test. Just to 'ping anywhere' and then try and kill it with ctrl+c. I have to open another terminal and either 'killall ping' or kill the pid to get the thing to stop. Same thing happens if I mistype a cli and need to cancel the execution (like if I mistype a ' instead of a " and the script continues on a new line)

What's up with this?

OK I've narrowed it down to gnome-terminal. If I use konsole (kde3 or kde4) ctrl+c works just fine.

Can anyone else try in gnome-terminal and see if ctrl+c is broken for you? Just type 'ping whatever' and then try to kill ping with crtl+c. I can't and that's a problem.

I'm using using gnome-terminal 2.30.2-1

-- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

Works here, gnome-terminal 2.30.2-1

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 07:55, David C. Rankin wrote:

OK I've narrowed it down to gnome-terminal. If I use konsole (kde3 or kde4) ctrl+c works just fine.

Can anyone else try in gnome-terminal and see if ctrl+c is broken for you? Just type 'ping whatever' and then try to kill ping with crtl+c. I can't and that's a problem.

I'm using using gnome-terminal 2.30.2-1

Create a new user, log in with it and try it again. If it works then you have messed up something in your configs. -- ijanos

I had this problem a while back. In my case, I had compiled a random git checkout from awesomewm and that had a bug that was the cause of the failure. If you're using any beta or development branches of your window manager, you might want to try stable. Also, try removing any .xmodmap or other such configurations. On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Adriano Moura wrote:

2010/7/17 David C. Rankin

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On 07/16/2010 09:52 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:

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Guys,

I have a strange problem. ctrl+c is completely broken on my system. It won't cancel Jack Schit. It is the strangest thing I've seen. I apologize if there is some archain Arch notice on this I apologize, I've missed it.

This is easy to test. Just to 'ping anywhere' and then try and kill it with ctrl+c. I have to open another terminal and either 'killall ping' or kill the pid to get the thing to stop. Same thing happens if I mistype a cli and need to cancel the execution (like if I mistype a ' instead of a " and the script continues on a new line)

What's up with this?

OK I've narrowed it down to gnome-terminal. If I use konsole (kde3 or kde4) ctrl+c works just fine.

Can anyone else try in gnome-terminal and see if ctrl+c is broken for you? Just type 'ping whatever' and then try to kill ping with crtl+c. I can't and that's a problem.

I'm using using gnome-terminal 2.30.2-1

-- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

Does Xterm and the VT's works? if so, it must be something with the gnome terminal :)

On 07/17/2010 05:38 PM, Jeff Cook wrote:

I had this problem a while back. In my case, I had compiled a random git checkout from awesomewm and that had a bug that was the cause of the failure. If you're using any beta or development branches of your window manager, you might want to try stable.

Also, try removing any .xmodmap or other such configurations.

Been through any config file I would have and I have no xmodmap or other custom x files. No beta apps at all. I am running (trying to run) kernel26-2.6.34.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz xf86-video-ati-6.13.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz and it is not going well... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

On 07/18/2010 08:01 PM, Jeff Cook wrote:

Are you sure? If this is restricted to gnome-terminal then you either probably have a gnome config file somewhere breaking it or there is some obscure bug in gnome-terminal and you should bring this up with them.

I think you are 100% correct. I'll blow away my current gnome config and start over and see if it helps. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 00:55 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:

Can anyone else try in gnome-terminal and see if ctrl+c is broken for you? Just type 'ping whatever' and then try to kill ping with crtl+c. I can't and that's a problem.

I'm using using gnome-terminal 2.30.2-1

Check your hotkey assignments (Edit -> Keyboard shortcuts). I guess you set CTRL+C somewhere.