[SRU] screen server process can be crashed by byobu

Any hint about what you were doing when it crashed?

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

I get it to crash when I run:
rm -rf ~/.byobu
byobu-screen
hit ctrl-a c

Hi Andreas,

Andreas Hasenack wrote:
> I get it to crash when I run:
> rm -rf ~/.byobu
> byobu-screen
> hit ctrl-a c

That way I only get byobu's menu about which Ctrl-A behaviour I want.
But if I choose the "screen behaviour" and then I get a screen
(server) process zombie and a no more reacting screen (client)
process -- even if I kill these processes, start a new byobu-screen
session and press "Ctrl-A c" again, the same happens. (Everything
works fine, if I choose the "emacs behaviour".)

So thanks for that hint!

It does not only happen with "Ctrl-A c" but at least also "Ctrl-A m"
(repeat last message).

Marking this issue as "also affects byobu" as it seems to use screen
in an incompatible way. (IIRC it uses tmux as default backend
nowadays.) IMHO this should be fixed in byobu, too.

Nevertheless, getting screen to make its server process becoming a
zombie is clearly also an issue in screen -- which should be fixed.

I can also reproduce it on Debian Sid. "screen -ls" shows a dead
session there:

screen -ls
There is a screen on:
        30562.byobu (04/23/14 16:09:44) (Dead ???)
Remove dead screens with 'screen -wipe'.
1 Socket in /var/run/screen/S-abe.

I'll try to reproduce it with some simpler setup than byobu and
forward it to the GNU Screen upstream.

JFTR: I could reproduce it with byobu version 5.77-0ubuntu1 and screen
4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-9 on trusty as well as with byobu 5.77-1 and
screen 4.2.0-1 (i.e. the newest GNU Screen upstream version, currently
in Debian Experimental).

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

I can confirm that this is reproducible with the steps in comment 9 with an additional step of choosing Screen escape key (e.g. Ctrl-A).

Hello Anders, or anyone else affected,

Accepted byobu into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/byobu/5.77-0ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

No more crashes, but Ctrl-A now _always_ triggers the Ctrl-A behaviour menu, even after setting it once and then exiting the session and starting a new one. Can't get Ctrl-A to work properly with 5.77-0ubuntu1.1. :-(

Short said: The crash is unfortunately replaced with an annoying behaviour which is worse than https://bugs.launchpad.net/byobu/+bug/814172

Same here, ctrl-a *always* triggers the menu, even after I have already made a selection. Please don't upload this to -updates.

This bug was fixed in the package byobu - 5.78-0ubuntu1

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byobu (5.78-0ubuntu1) utopic; urgency=medium

  * usr/share/byobu/profiles/dircolors:
    - give executables just a little more pop
    - use a light grey underline for symlinks
    - add whitespace before inline comment
  * usr/share/byobu/profiles/bashrc:
    - Enable Ubuntu-themed dircolors on Ubuntu systems
  * usr/bin/byobu-janitor.in: LP: #1311919
    - ensure that windows.tmux exists; fixes warning with F5
  * usr/bin/byobu-ctrl-a.in: LP: #1311177, #1274720
    - revert r2317 as this is breaking ctrl-a in byobu-screen in a bad way
 -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Sun, 30 Mar 2014 20:42:10 -0500

ctrl-a always brings up the menu on 5.77-0ubuntu1.1. Please don't upload this to updates.

When this fixed in 14.04 Trusty Tahr for 14.04.1 (24 July)?

Many "critical" bugs on ReleaseNotes Trusty Tahr page don't fixed presently: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes#Known_issues
Installation bugs too:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1066480
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1172572
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/graphite2/+bug/1303516
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1297851
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1066342
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1172161
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/1297234

upgrade:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1308530
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tex-common/+bug/1304972
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flightgear/+bug/1308338

and other:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1054732
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1305586
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1271591
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1308037
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1305522
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1308761
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1292467

Too many errors in Trusty on: http://errors.ubuntu.com
Please fix the most annoying bugs. It interferes with work, use and distribution advice to friends.

FYI, I have uploaded byobu_5.77-0ubuntu1.2 to trusty-proposed, with a fix for this issue. The patch was missing a double-quote.

It tests fine for me now. Please retry, @ahasenack, and let us know if that works better!

I am not able to download the byobu_5.77-0ubuntu1.2 version from trusty-proposed. Still getting 5.77-0ubuntu1.1 and am able to duplicate the issue noted by ahasenack. Did the upload of byobu_5.77-0ubuntu1.2 succeed? Should I wait longer for some upload propagation process to complete? First use of LP, so apologies in advance for missing what is obvious to the experienced. Would love to test byobu_5.77-0ubuntu1.2

UUoC shows:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep proposed
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed restricted main multiverse universe

apt-get install -s byobu/trusty-proposed
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Selected version '5.77-0ubuntu1.1' (Ubuntu:14.04/trusty-proposed [all]) for 'byobu'
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  byobu
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Inst byobu (5.77-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty-proposed [all])
Conf byobu (5.77-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty-proposed [all])

Hello Anders, or anyone else affected,

Accepted byobu into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/byobu/5.77-0ubuntu1.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Note that you will need to `rm -f ~/.byobu/keybindings` after your
failed run. I suppose I could add this to byobu-janitor, if
necessary.

Cheers,

:-Dustin

On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Chris J Arges
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Hello Anders, or anyone else affected,
>
> Accepted byobu into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be
> available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/byobu/5.77-0ubuntu1.2
> in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
>
> Please help us by testing this new package. See
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
> enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update
> out to other Ubuntu users.
>
> If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
> mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
> from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
> bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
> verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help
> us make a better decision.
>
> Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in
> advance!
>
> ** Changed in: byobu (Ubuntu Trusty)
> Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
>
> ** Tags removed: verification-failed
>
> ** Tags added: verification-needed
>
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5.77-0ubuntu1.2 from trusty-proposed works for me, thanks!

5.77-0ubuntu1.2 fixes this issue for me. Thx.

This bug was fixed in the package byobu - 5.77-0ubuntu1.2

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byobu (5.77-0ubuntu1.2) trusty-proposed; urgency=medium

  * usr/bin/byobu-ctrl-a.in: LP: #1274720
    - cherry pick upstream r2338, r2363
    - revert r2317, as this is breaking ctrl-a in byobu-screen in a bad way
      + add bindkey line back, this line is *essential*; there was a
        syntax error in it previously, but removing the line was not
        the correct fix; fix a missing double quote in last upload

  * usr/bin/byobu-janitor.in: LP: #1311919
    - cherry pick upstream r2337
    - ensure that windows.tmux exists; fixes nasty warning with F5
 -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Wed, 23 Apr 2014 18:28:16 -0500

The verification of the Stable Release Update for byobu has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

Since this was fixed in byobu long ago lets drop the screen task.