Bug 400071

Summary:	Iotop doesn't work with xterm-color
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Ruben Kerkhof <ruben>
Component:	iotop	Assignee:	Adel Gadllah <adel.gadllah>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	8	CC:	mlichvar, tjb
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Description Ruben Kerkhof 2007-11-26 20:18:35 UTC

Description of problem:

[ruben@odin F-8]$ iotop
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 608, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 604, in main
    curses.wrapper(run_iotop, options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/curses/wrapper.py", line 44, in wrapper
    return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 562, in run_iotop
    ui = IOTopUI(win, process_list, options)
  File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 445, in __init__
    curses.curs_set(0)
_curses.error: curs_set() returned ERR

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
iotop-0.1-1.fc8

How reproducible:
export TERM=xterm-color
iotop

  
Actual results:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 608, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 604, in main
    curses.wrapper(run_iotop, options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/curses/wrapper.py", line 44, in wrapper
    return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 562, in run_iotop
    ui = IOTopUI(win, process_list, options)
  File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 445, in __init__
    curses.curs_set(0)
_curses.error: curs_set() returned ERR

Expected results:

normal iotop output.

Additional info:

iotop works fine with normal xterm.
I've found this post which describes the same behaviour:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-January/019724.html

Comment 1 Thomas J. Baker 2007-12-09 23:34:56 UTC

I get similar problems with a standard gnome-terminal and standard xterm:

continuity> iotop
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 608, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 604, in main
    curses.wrapper(run_iotop, options)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/curses/wrapper.py", line 44, in wrapper
    return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 562, in run_iotop
    ui = IOTopUI(win, process_list, options)
  File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 443, in __init__
    curses.use_default_colors()
_curses.error: use_default_colors() returned ERR
continuity>

Comment 2 Adel Gadllah 2007-12-20 20:07:45 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)
> iotop works fine with normal xterm.
> I've found this post which describes the same behaviour:
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-January/019724.html

looks like a termcap/terminfo bug. So added maintainer to CC.

Miroslav any ideas?

(In reply to comment #1)
> I get similar problems with a standard gnome-terminal and standard xterm:
> 
> continuity> iotop
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 608, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 604, in main
>     curses.wrapper(run_iotop, options)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/curses/wrapper.py", line 44, in wrapper
>     return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)
>   File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 562, in run_iotop
>     ui = IOTopUI(win, process_list, options)
>   File "/usr/bin/iotop", line 443, in __init__
>     curses.use_default_colors()
> _curses.error: use_default_colors() returned ERR
> continuity> 

This might be realted but I am unable to reproduce it.
Can you post detailed steps to reproduce it?

Comment 3 Miroslav Lichvar 2007-12-20 22:08:12 UTC

xterm-color entry is missing civis capability which is required for curs_set(0),
but I don't think that's a bug. The application should ignore the error.

Comment 4 Adel Gadllah 2007-12-28 14:43:44 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)
> xterm-color entry is missing civis capability which is required for curs_set(0),
> but I don't think that's a bug. The application should ignore the error.

OK , built a new build that does exactly this.

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=29269

should hit updates-testing on the next push.

Please test and confirm/deny if it fixes the issue.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-01-03 01:47:45 UTC

iotop-0.1-3.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update iotop'

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2008-01-03 01:49:05 UTC

iotop-0.1-3.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update iotop'

Comment 7 Ruben Kerkhof 2008-01-15 21:33:43 UTC

Thanks Adel, that fixes it.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2008-01-15 22:53:20 UTC

iotop-0.1-3.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2008-01-15 22:57:32 UTC

iotop-0.1-3.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.