Bug 568748

Summary: Missing BR to get XkbBell() support
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Chris Adams <linux>
Component: xtermAssignee: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 12CC: mlichvar, pertusus
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Fixed In Version: xterm-256-1.fc12 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Chris Adams 2010-02-26 14:31:58 UTC
There is a bug in Fedora 12 that breaks XBell() support (don't know if it will get fixed), which means xterm can't beep.  There is support in xterm for XkbBell(), but it needs a header file from libxkbfile-devel to build.  It is auto-detected by configure, so just adding libxkbfile-devel to the spec file BuildRequires solves the problem.

There is a bug in xterm that keeps it from creating the necessary X atoms for beeps; here is a one-line patch (against xterm-255, but obvious patch for any version).  I've also sent this patch upstream.

diff -urN xterm-255-dist/misc.c xterm-255/misc.c
--- xterm-255-dist/misc.c       Thu Jan 21 03:34:58 2010
+++ xterm-255/misc.c    Fri Feb 26 08:25:14 2010
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@

     for (n = 0; n < XtNumber(table); ++n) {
        if (table[n].value == which) {
-           result = XInternAtom(XtDisplay(xw), table[n].name, True);
+           result = XInternAtom(XtDisplay(xw), table[n].name, False);
            break;
        }
     }

With this patch and the BR added to the spec file, xterm can beep again in F12.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2010-03-09 12:20:13 UTC
xterm-256-1.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xterm-256-1.fc13

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2010-03-09 12:20:18 UTC
xterm-256-1.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xterm-256-1.fc12

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2010-03-10 06:46:38 UTC
xterm-256-1.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 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 xterm'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xterm-256-1.fc12

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2010-03-11 13:25:28 UTC
xterm-256-1.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2010-03-13 02:32:04 UTC
xterm-256-1.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.