Package: splitvt Version: 1.6.6-7 Severity: serious The use of Splitvt on (not only) my i386 machine corrupts the register kept in /var/run/utmp, since it false removes the originally registered tty session.
The following experiment is made on the machine with only a single virtual terminal session, no graphics since that would generate further PTYs and thus disturb the observation. Fresh start, a single virtual terminal session: mats@kolben:~ $ w 11:14:06 up 33 min, 1 user, load average: 0,00, 0,01, 0,02 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT mats tty1 10:58 1.00s 0.65s 0.01s w Then Splitvt is started. In one subwindow, a simple command: mats@kolben:~ $ w 11:14:58 up 34 min, 2 users, load average: 0,00, 0,00, 0,01 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT mats pts/0 11:14 0.00s 0.25s 0.01s w mats pts/1 11:14 18.00s 0.25s 0.25s /bin/bash Exit from both subwindows, thus exiting Splitv: mats@kolben:~ $ w 11:15:18 up 34 min, 0 users, load average: 0,00, 0,00, 0,01 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT Empty, void, a terminal no-more, an ex-terminal, ... Still I am able to continue working. It is only by exiting this virtual terminal and login again that the utmp-register is updated to display the correct session "tty1" again. This is a serious defect, but it does not prevent any productive work. Therefore it has gone unnoticed. Best regards, Mats Erik Andersson, DM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
