Re: Garbled xterm and gnome-terminal under gnome-session (2.24.2-1) under OSX 10.5.5

On Dec 17, 2008, at 8:44 PM, rbambery wrote:

> I've been using Fink for many years, having used it since
> MacOSX 10.2.x. I have built it for numerous systems over that time.
> The few problems that I had were mostly of my own doing.
>
> In Nov and early Dec I had built Fink on an IMac 2.4 GHz Intel Core  
> 2 Duo
> under 10.5.5. It has had several Gnome packages (stable/unstable  
> trees)
> upgraded  from 2.20, 2.22  to 2.24 over that time and it still works  
> just fine.
>
> Last week I updated my dual Power PC G5 system with a new 1 TB drive  
> and
> decided to go to MacOSX 10.5.5 and build Fink from scratch using the
> stable/unstable trees. All the compiles completed fine.
>
> Just one problem. When I use gnome-session as the window manager, both
> the xterm that starts up, and my gnome-terminal windows after entry  
> to the
> gnome desktop, produce the wrong characters when I type. For example,
> Return produces a j, delete produces a comma, 8 produces a return,  
> etc.
> Note: I am using the same keyboard as when I purchased the system.
>
> This does not happen on the intel system.
>
> I've done many things in trying to resolve this but finally have to  
> concede
> defeat.
>
> First I replaced Apple's X11 with Xquartz X11 2.3.1. When I start up
> I get the console messages shown in the attached file  
> (console_log.txt). The
>
> " _IceTransOpen: Unable to find transport for dnet "
>
> messages do not appear on the intel system. Otherwise the messages
> on the two systems are the same.
> I downgraded to 2.2.3 on reading a note in the XQuartz web page
> but it didn't change anything.
> libdnet is not installed on either system, but I did install it on  
> the G5
> system and it didn't help.
>
> Second, if I remove my .xinitrc file the system starts up fine. The  
> xterm
> gives the proper characters, but of course, I get no desktop.
>
> The .xinitrc file is also attached (xinitrc.txt), but it really only  
> provides an environment
> variable and invokes autocutsel and gnome-session.
> The .xinitrc file worked fine on my 10.4.11 system with the same fink
> gnome modules. It also still works on the intel machine.
>
> Third, I have no .Xmodmap files in either the /sw structure nor in my
> local directory [I noted that in 10.5 Apple no longer has a /etc/X11/ 
> init
> directory but uses /usr/X11/lib/X11/init and /usr/X11/share/X11 to
> point to the xkb]. These same directory structures exist for the  
> intel machine
> so I didn't figure this to be a problem.
>
> Fourth, I noted that the real problem is when the exec gnome-session
> is invoked. The xterm briefly disappears and reappears. After it  
> reappears
> is when the typing problem begins. I force removed gnome-session,  
> fetched
> and rebuilt gnome-session and its two companion programs. It didn't  
> help.
>
> I don't know what gnome-session (2.24.2-1) is doing on startup but  
> maybe
> the maintainer can help me check to see how it configures things on  
> startup.
>
> Package manager version: 0.28.6
> Distribution Version: 0.9.0 - Power PC (selfupdate-rsync)
> Mac OS X version: MacOSX 10.5.5
> Xcode Version: 3.1.2
> Dual 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5
> 3.5 GB DDR SDRAM
>
> < 
> console_log 
> .txt 
> > 
> < 
> xinitrc 
> .txt 
> > 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Try the workaround discussed here and in succeeding messages:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user/27224/focus=2165

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