strange konsole behavior on hardy

[Nigel Ridley]

Paul S wrote:
> I'm using hardy and kde 3.5.9, but this problem has been with konsole 
> even on 3.5.8 on hardy.
> 
> It seems the konsole is getting carriage returns and yes signals without 
> any input on my part.  I notice it when I go to "aptitude 
> install/full-upgrade".  The session just starts scrolling lines and does 
> not pause for the usual yes / no dialog.  Here's an example .. the blank 
> lines are as they scrolled on the screen.  It's almost as though konsole 
> is generating it's own carriage return signal.  Also, notice there's no 
> prompt for Yes / No, like usual in doing aptitude commands.  Any ideas?
> 
> paul :~$ aptitude install frozen-bubble scorched3d neverball pinball
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... 50%
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> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Reading extended state information
> Initializing package states... Done
> Writing extended state information... Done
> Building tag database... Done
> The following packages have been automatically kept back:
>    gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common 
> linux-libc-dev
> The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
>    fb-music-high frozen-bubble-data libsdl-console libsdl-gfx1.2-4 
> libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-mixer1.2 libsdl-net1.2 libsdl-pango1 libsdl-perl 
> libsdl-ttf2.0-0 libsmpeg0
>    libwxbase2.6-0 libwxgtk2.6-0 neverdata pinball-data scorched3d-data
> The following packages have been kept back:
>    fglrx-kernel-source mlocate xorg-driver-fglrx
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>    fb-music-high frozen-bubble frozen-bubble-data libsdl-console 
> libsdl-gfx1.2-4 libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-mixer1.2 libsdl-net1.2 
> libsdl-pango1 libsdl-perl
>    libsdl-ttf2.0-0 libsmpeg0 libwxbase2.6-0 libwxgtk2.6-0 neverball 
> neverdata pinball pinball-data scorched3d scorched3d-data
> 0 packages upgraded, 20 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
> Need to get 102MB/106MB of archives. After unpacking 240MB will be used.
> Writing extended state information... Done
> Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe neverdata 
> 1.4.0-2ubuntu3 [14.4MB]
> 9% [1 neverdata 9664879/14.4MB 67%] 
>  
>            92.3kB/s 16min36s
> 
> I also was running kde 3.5.8 on gutsy, but never experienced this.
> 
> 
Have you thought about a 'sticky' 'Enter' key on your keyboard - it happened to me once 
with some other keys.

Just a thought....

Blessings,

Nigel

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