[Bug 1566437] Re: Scrolling randomly stops working

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

** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Scrolling randomly stops working

Status in bash package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Usually, scrolling in the terminal window works as expected, which is like this:
  - the terminal window has a scrollbar
  - Assuming there are more lines (of commands you have typed + their output) than fit in the window, you can scroll up and down both by dragging the scrollbar and by using the mouse wheel

  
  However, at random times, the Terminal starts behaving like this:
  1 - the scrollbar's "handle" is as high as the whole scrollbar, as if the existing lines didn't exceed the height of the window, even if that is not the case
  2 - you can't scroll by dragging the scrollbar (which is consistent with 1)
  3 - the scrollwheel behaves like the up and down arrow keys, that is, it scans through previously typed commands in your history.

  
  I have no idea what triggers the nonsense behavior. It seems to start happening randomly.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: gnome-terminal 3.16.2-1ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-34.39-generic 4.2.8-ckt4
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-34-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Apr  5 19:05:18 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (906 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2016-01-18 (78 days ago)

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