Guake: Ctrl+D in the terminal does not close the tab anymore, but freezes the current tab

Created on 18 Feb 2018 · 42Comments · Source: Guake/guake

Version information

Guake version: 3.0.4
Linux version: Debian buster
Gnome version: GNOME Shell 3.26.2

Expected behavior

When in a terminal, using Ctrl+D on an empty prompt exits the current terminal.
In previous versions of Guake, this would act as if the tab was closed: if it's not the last tab, only this tab is closed, if it's the last tab, the full Guake window would hide until the next F12 key press.

Current bug

When using Ctrl+D on an empty prompt, the current tab freezes after printing "exit" on the terminal. The context menu can be opened on a right click, but selecting any option does not do anything. If another tab is opened, it can be used to right click but not all options work: 'New tab' works, 'Quit' does not work (probably blocked by the other tabs). Only solution to get back full control of Guake is to killall guake.

High Defect

Source

XaF

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Most helpful comment

This bug was affecting me as well, running on a pretty clean Ubuntu 18.04 install. I haven't tried installing it from source, as I prefer to get my packages from the apt repos when I can, though I'm sure it'd work just fine. But another way to fix this, after reading the patch, is to install libutempter0.

sudo apt-get install libutempter0 and the problem should go right away.

Aaronik on 24 May 2018

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The same also happens in Ubuntu 18.04

romange on 16 Mar 2018

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I do not have this behavior. Ctrl+d on a gnome tab close nicely this tab. Can you start guake from a terminal and dump me the logs if you see error message? Can you try with HEAD? (cannot reproduce on Guake 3.0.5)

gsemet on 20 Mar 2018

I am using guake 3.0.4-1 coming from ubuntu repo.
Below are the logs printed once I typed "exit" in my guake shell. But the tab hangs like in the attached screenshot.

screenshot from 2018-03-20 12-50-15

Received window state event: <flags GDK_WINDOW_STATE_STICKY | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ABOVE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_FOCUSED | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_TOP_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_RIGHT_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_BOTTOM_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_LEFT_RESIZABLE of type Gdk.WindowState>
Terminal exited: <terminal.GuakeTerminal object at 0x7f0ab03e4ee8 (guake+terminal+GuakeTerminal at 0x186b440)>
Received window state event: <flags GDK_WINDOW_STATE_STICKY | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ABOVE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_TOP_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_RIGHT_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_BOTTOM_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_LEFT_RESIZABLE of type Gdk.WindowState>

romange on 20 Mar 2018

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can you try with HEAD?

gsemet on 20 Mar 2018

sure. it was stuck as well. Attaching stderr output
1.txt

romange on 20 Mar 2018

I run it using ./run-local.sh 2> 1.err

romange on 20 Mar 2018

I do not seem to have the problem anymore. However, versions of my packages changed:

Guake version: 3.0.4 (debian package 3.0.4-1)
Linux version: Debian buster
Gnome version: GNOME Shell 3.28.0

XaF on 29 Mar 2018

FYI: It's also reported here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/guake/+bug/1760621

romange on 5 Apr 2018

I am getting the following error, when I press ctrl+d, followed by ctrl+shift+t.

Console output

$ guake -v
Logging configuration complete
DBus not running, starting it
[WARN] Unable to load the library libutempter !
[WARN] The <wall> command will not work in guake !
[WARN] libutempter.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Wanted GTK theme: ''
Prefer dark theme: False
reload_global: 'F12'
can't bind show-focus key
set_final_window_rect
  height_percents = 50
  width_percents = 100
  halignment = 0
  valignment = 0
  vdisplacement = 0
  hdisplacement = 0
Current monitor geometry
  window_rect.x: 0
  window_rect.y: 0
  window_rect.height: 1080
  window_rect.width: 1920
is unity: False
Correcteed monitor size:
  total_width: 1920
  total_height: 1080
RESIZING MAIN WINDOW TO THE FOLLOWING VALUES:
  window_rect.x: 0
  window_rect.y: 0
  window_rect.height: 540
  window_rect.width: 1920
Updated window position: (root_x=0, root_y=0)
set_final_window_rect
  height_percents = 50
  width_percents = 100
  halignment = 0
  valignment = 0
  vdisplacement = 0
  hdisplacement = 0
Current monitor geometry
  window_rect.x: 0
  window_rect.y: 0
  window_rect.height: 1080
  window_rect.width: 1920
is unity: False
Correcteed monitor size:
  total_width: 1920
  total_height: 1080
RESIZING MAIN WINDOW TO THE FOLLOWING VALUES:
  window_rect.x: 0
  window_rect.y: 0
  window_rect.height: 540
  window_rect.width: 1920
Updated window position: (root_x=0, root_y=0)

(guake:16901): Vte-WARNING **: 16:50:46.417: (vtegtk.cc:1925):int vte_terminal_match_add_regex(VteTerminal*, VteRegex*, guint32): runtime check failed: (_vte_regex_get_compile_flags(regex) & PCRE2_MULTILINE)

(guake:16901): Vte-WARNING **: 16:50:46.419: (vtegtk.cc:1925):int vte_terminal_match_add_regex(VteTerminal*, VteRegex*, guint32): runtime check failed: (_vte_regex_get_compile_flags(regex) & PCRE2_MULTILINE)

(guake:16901): Vte-WARNING **: 16:50:46.419: (vtegtk.cc:1925):int vte_terminal_match_add_regex(VteTerminal*, VteRegex*, guint32): runtime check failed: (_vte_regex_get_compile_flags(regex) & PCRE2_MULTILINE)

(guake:16901): Vte-WARNING **: 16:50:46.419: (vtegtk.cc:1925):int vte_terminal_match_add_regex(VteTerminal*, VteRegex*, guint32): runtime check failed: (_vte_regex_get_compile_flags(regex) & PCRE2_MULTILINE)

(guake:16901): Vte-WARNING **: 16:50:46.419: (vtegtk.cc:1925):int vte_terminal_match_add_regex(VteTerminal*, VteRegex*, guint32): runtime check failed: (_vte_regex_get_compile_flags(regex) & PCRE2_MULTILINE)
set_final_window_rect
  height_percents = 50
  width_percents = 100
  halignment = 0
  valignment = 0
  vdisplacement = 0
  hdisplacement = 0
Current monitor geometry
  window_rect.x: 0
  window_rect.y: 0
  window_rect.height: 1080
  window_rect.width: 1920
is unity: False
Correcteed monitor size:
  total_width: 1920
  total_height: 1080
RESIZING MAIN WINDOW TO THE FOLLOWING VALUES:
  window_rect.x: 0
  window_rect.y: 0
  window_rect.height: 540
  window_rect.width: 1920
Updated window position: (root_x=0, root_y=0)
set_final_window_rect
  height_percents = 50
  width_percents = 100
  halignment = 0
  valignment = 0
  vdisplacement = 0
  hdisplacement = 0
Current monitor geometry
  window_rect.x: 0
  window_rect.y: 0
  window_rect.height: 1080
  window_rect.width: 1920
is unity: False
Correcteed monitor size:
  total_width: 1920
  total_height: 1080
RESIZING MAIN WINDOW TO THE FOLLOWING VALUES:
  window_rect.x: 0
  window_rect.y: 0
  window_rect.height: 540
  window_rect.width: 1920
Updated window position: (root_x=0, root_y=0)
Guake initialized
Running main gtk loop

================================================================================
Window display
gtk.gdk.WindowState = 0
GDK_WINDOW_STATE_STICKY? False
GDK_WINDOW_STATE_WITHDRAWN? False
GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ABOVE? False
GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ICONIFIED? False
Showing the terminal
set_final_window_rect
  height_percents = 50
  width_percents = 100
  halignment = 0
  valignment = 0
  vdisplacement = 0
  hdisplacement = 0
Current monitor geometry
  window_rect.x: 0
  window_rect.y: 0
  window_rect.height: 1080
  window_rect.width: 1920
is unity: False
Correcteed monitor size:
  total_width: 1920
  total_height: 1080
RESIZING MAIN WINDOW TO THE FOLLOWING VALUES:
  window_rect.x: 0
  window_rect.y: 0
  window_rect.height: 540
  window_rect.width: 1920
Updated window position: (root_x=0, root_y=0)
Moving window to: <Gdk.Rectangle object at 0x7fe0ca79ec48 (GdkRectangle at 0x2ca8080)>
set_final_window_rect
  height_percents = 50
  width_percents = 100
  halignment = 0
  valignment = 0
  vdisplacement = 0
  hdisplacement = 0
Current monitor geometry
  window_rect.x: 0
  window_rect.y: 0
  window_rect.height: 1080
  window_rect.width: 1920
is unity: False
Correcteed monitor size:
  total_width: 1920
  total_height: 1080
RESIZING MAIN WINDOW TO THE FOLLOWING VALUES:
  window_rect.x: 0
  window_rect.y: 0
  window_rect.height: 540
  window_rect.width: 1920
Updated window position: (root_x=0, root_y=27)
order to present and deiconify
Current window position: (root_x=0, root_y=27)
Received window state event: <flags GDK_WINDOW_STATE_STICKY | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ABOVE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_FOCUSED of type Gdk.WindowState>
Received window state event: <flags GDK_WINDOW_STATE_STICKY | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ABOVE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_FOCUSED | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_TOP_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_RIGHT_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_BOTTOM_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_LEFT_RESIZABLE of type Gdk.WindowState>
Received window state event: <flags GDK_WINDOW_STATE_STICKY | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ABOVE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_TOP_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_RIGHT_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_BOTTOM_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_LEFT_RESIZABLE of type Gdk.WindowState>
Received window state event: <flags GDK_WINDOW_STATE_STICKY | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ABOVE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_FOCUSED | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_TOP_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_RIGHT_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_BOTTOM_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_LEFT_RESIZABLE of type Gdk.WindowState>
Terminal exited: <terminal.GuakeTerminal object at 0x7fe0bf46f510 (guake+terminal+GuakeTerminal at 0x2bc3140)>

(guake:16901): Vte-WARNING **: 16:50:55.820: (vtegtk.cc:1925):int vte_terminal_match_add_regex(VteTerminal*, VteRegex*, guint32): runtime check failed: (_vte_regex_get_compile_flags(regex) & PCRE2_MULTILINE)

(guake:16901): Vte-WARNING **: 16:50:55.820: (vtegtk.cc:1925):int vte_terminal_match_add_regex(VteTerminal*, VteRegex*, guint32): runtime check failed: (_vte_regex_get_compile_flags(regex) & PCRE2_MULTILINE)

(guake:16901): Vte-WARNING **: 16:50:55.820: (vtegtk.cc:1925):int vte_terminal_match_add_regex(VteTerminal*, VteRegex*, guint32): runtime check failed: (_vte_regex_get_compile_flags(regex) & PCRE2_MULTILINE)

(guake:16901): Vte-WARNING **: 16:50:55.820: (vtegtk.cc:1925):int vte_terminal_match_add_regex(VteTerminal*, VteRegex*, guint32): runtime check failed: (_vte_regex_get_compile_flags(regex) & PCRE2_MULTILINE)

(guake:16901): Vte-WARNING **: 16:50:55.820: (vtegtk.cc:1925):int vte_terminal_match_add_regex(VteTerminal*, VteRegex*, guint32): runtime check failed: (_vte_regex_get_compile_flags(regex) & PCRE2_MULTILINE)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/nix/store/dd969rflg0diy0z8chivjwd64d1ynzwd-guake-3.0.5/lib/python3.6/site-packages/guake/guake_app.py", line 1306, in accel_add
    self.add_tab()
  File "/nix/store/dd969rflg0diy0z8chivjwd64d1ynzwd-guake-3.0.5/lib/python3.6/site-packages/guake/guake_app.py", line 1771, in add_tab
    pid = self.spawn_sync_pid(directory, box.terminal)
  File "/nix/store/dd969rflg0diy0z8chivjwd64d1ynzwd-guake-3.0.5/lib/python3.6/site-packages/guake/guake_app.py", line 1686, in spawn_sync_pid
    wd = self.get_current_dir()
  File "/nix/store/dd969rflg0diy0z8chivjwd64d1ynzwd-guake-3.0.5/lib/python3.6/site-packages/guake/guake_app.py", line 1662, in get_current_dir
    return active_terminal.get_current_directory()
  File "/nix/store/dd969rflg0diy0z8chivjwd64d1ynzwd-guake-3.0.5/lib/python3.6/site-packages/guake/terminal.py", line 208, in get_current_directory
    cwd = os.readlink("/proc/{}/cwd".format(self.pid))
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/16909/cwd'
Received window state event: <flags GDK_WINDOW_STATE_STICKY | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ABOVE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_TOP_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_RIGHT_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_BOTTOM_RESIZABLE | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_LEFT_RESIZABLE of type Gdk.WindowState>

Running 5251d6aef28afaa4db32bccb27b6b160db41aa20 on NixOS.

jtojnar on 9 Apr 2018

look like the pid returned by vte's spawn function does not exist in /proc/ :(

gsemet on 9 Apr 2018

Right, ctrl-d should kill the process, removing it from /proc

jtojnar on 9 Apr 2018

Moreover, i do not reproduce. Works great on my system :(

gsemet on 9 Apr 2018

Any debugging tips?

jtojnar on 9 Apr 2018

Print + make reinstall

gsemet on 9 Apr 2018

Could you point us to potential places in the code where the shell should
be closed?

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Print + make reinstall

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romange on 9 Apr 2018

What do you mean by print?

jtojnar on 9 Apr 2018

I think this line should not be indented:

https://github.com/Guake/guake/blob/56a503d6de452515679e373397d9811a6c15e396/guake/guake_app.py#L1435

jtojnar on 9 Apr 2018

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good catch.

i mean I usually do this debug session with log of log.debug/log.info or print statements and use make reinstall everytime

gsemet on 10 Apr 2018

What's the correct way to pull this fix in after installing via the Ubuntu PPA? I tried sudo make install for the latest build and received errors so I opted for the PPA version instead.

This is a brand new install of Ubuntu 18.04. Typing exit when done with a shell instance causes this hang.

seantcanavan on 27 Apr 2018

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@seantcanavan You can find the correct way here: http://guake.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/installing.html#install-from-source make sure you installed all dependencies first (have a look at https://github.com/Guake/guake/tree/master/scripts ).

git clone https://github.com/Guake/guake
cd guake
./scripts/bootstrap-dev-debian.sh # this line installs all things needed to develop 
# guake, you may not want to install all of them but the first apt command installs 
# all dependencies needed to run guake, so you want to  pull at least them! 
make 
sudo make install

aichingm on 27 Apr 2018

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no make is still failing I'll open a ticket

seantcanavan on 28 Apr 2018

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sudo apt-get install libutempter0 and the problem should go right away.

Aaronik on 24 May 2018

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I can confirm that installing libutempter0 fixed the problem for me, thanks!

imanolbarberia on 10 Jun 2018

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that was already selected for me @dibgit - are you sure this is related to Guake and not the ubuntu terminal?

seantcanavan on 13 Jul 2018

It also happens to me (on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS clean install).
@seantcanavan I can't say if this is related to Guake, but it doesn't happen on gnome-terminal.
Installing libutempter0 as proposed by @Aaronik solves the problem.
Thanks, @Aaronik - It was really annoying

inm-certi on 17 Jul 2018

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. With the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X.
APT Installed guake and fails sometimes when press Ctrl+D

maximpap on 17 Jul 2018

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@imanolbarberia thanks alot. It fixed the problem for me on Ubuntu 18.04 mini iso

AbdElraoufSabri on 19 Jul 2018

@imanolbarberia thanks alot. fixed my Linux Mint 19 Tara... Thanks!

pmrivas on 1 Aug 2018

Confirmed, @Aaronik solution (installing libutempter0) works for me too (Mint 19, Cinnamon 3.8.8, linux kernel 4.15.0-20)

FilipMalczak on 30 Aug 2018

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Note that libutempter0 is installed for me too, might be why the issue disappeared :)

XaF on 31 Aug 2018

Here I am using ubuntu 18.04. Problem solved after installing libutempter0 and re-running guake.

melmi on 1 Sep 2018

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Confirming, problem existed on a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04, and it was resolved by installing libutempter0 (and a reboot).

anx-ckreuzberger on 5 Sep 2018

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Next version will makes libutempter0 a mandatory dependency

gsemet on 5 Sep 2018

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Ubuntu 18.04 fresh install, same problem.
For me libutempter0 was already installed but sudo apt install --reinstall libutempter0 fixed the issue.

Also i noticed that open tabs look differently now.

jpass on 12 Sep 2018

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Same problem here. Fresh install of Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon.
EDIT: resolved by installing libutempter0 (and a reboot).

emarcelcom on 17 Sep 2018

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Ey, nice answers, installing libutempter0 from a fresh ubuntu18lts fixed the problem for me as well.

DiegoMGar on 7 Mar 2019

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Installing libutempter0 fixed this on elementary OS 5.0 Juno for me. Maybe this should be a dependency?

gsupp on 30 Apr 2019

Which version of Guake are you testing at?

Can you test it with master HEAD and remove libutempter0 when test?

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Installing libutempter0 fixed this on elementary OS 5.0 Juno for me.
Maybe this should be a dependency?

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mlouielu on 30 Apr 2019

Platform:
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: elementary
Description: elementary OS 5.0 Juno
Release: 5.0
Codename: juno

Guake version with issue:
guake/bionic,bionic,now 3.0.5-1

I removed libutempter0 and compiled from HEAD:
Guake Terminal 3.6.3
VTE 0.52.2
Gtk 3.22.30

Issue is resolved, I was able to Ctrl-D to close tabs without an issue and without libutempter0 installed.

gsupp on 2 May 2019

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This bug was affecting me as well, running on a pretty clean Ubuntu 18.04 install. I haven't tried installing it from source, as I prefer to get my packages from the apt repos when I can, though I'm sure it'd work just fine. But another way to fix this, after reading the patch, is to install libutempter0.

sudo apt-get install libutempter0 and the problem should go right away.

It helped for me as well. Thanks!

fantomas3239 on 21 Aug 2019

This bug was affecting me as well, running on a pretty clean Ubuntu 18.04 install. I haven't tried installing it from source, as I prefer to get my packages from the apt repos when I can, though I'm sure it'd work just fine. But another way to fix this, after reading the patch, is to install libutempter0.

sudo apt-get install libutempter0 and the problem should go right away.

Worked for me as well with version 3.0.5-1 on ubuntu 1804.

tafulop on 2 Dec 2019

great

This bug was affecting me as well, running on a pretty clean Ubuntu 18.04 install. I haven't tried installing it from source, as I prefer to get my packages from the apt repos when I can, though I'm sure it'd work just fine. But another way to fix this, after reading the patch, is to install libutempter0.

sudo apt-get install libutempter0 and the problem should go right away.

works like a charm. remember to restart by killing the guake process