Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 15:10:29 -0700
From: Paul Dickson <dickson@permanentmail.com>
To: "Chris Peterson" <chris@potamus.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PROBLEM] "ls -R" freezes when using gnome-terminal on
 linux-2.6.0-test4
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On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 11:37:31 -0700, Chris Peterson wrote:

> I have discovered a regression between linux-2.4.20-8 (Redhat 9) and
> linux-2.6.0-test4. I have not tried any other versions of linux-2.6.0-testX
> or 2.5.x.
> 
> How to reproduce the problem:
> 1. Running GNOME on linux-2.6.0-test4, open two gnome-terminals.
> 2. In the first gnome-terminal, run "ls -R /" or "ls -R /dev" (you won't
> have to wait as long :-).
> 3. In the second gnome-terminal, simply run "ls" (or just opening a
> gnome-terminal window will sometimes cause the same problem).
> 
> Actual Results:
> The ls in the first gnome-terminal will usually freeze. Neither CTRL+C nor
> CTRL+Z will kill the ls process. The gnome-terminal itself is NOT frozen.
> Its window menus are still responsive.
> 

If you reset the terminal via the menu, the terminal will unfreeze (until
the next freeze).

Grab the RPMs from Severn for gnome-terminal and vte.  It will slow down
the terminal I/O and avoid the problem.  I'm not entirely sure whether
this is a fix or just avoiding the problem with more computation (I'm
running on a 300 MHz notebook), but I can now do a "make menuconfig".

	-Paul

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