[arch-general] What broke ctrl+c ??

[David C. Rankin]

On 07/17/2010 12:01 AM, Corey Johns wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Thomas Dziedzic<gostrc at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:52 PM, David C. Rankin
>> <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com>  wrote:
>>> 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 :)


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