Description of problem: If I want to chat using the textbased chat client irssi at a GNOME terminal having the default setting TERM=xterm, I get missing, double or hopping lines inside the terminal after some time. It's really strange and very hard to describe. If I start irssi using TERM=linux, I don't have that problem. So I guess the problem is either ncurses (where I assigned it to) and/or GNOME terminal related. The problem came up with Fedora Core 3 the first time. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ncurses-5.4-13 How reproducible: Most of the time, see below. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install irssi (a textbased chat client) 2. Start it (using the default TERM=xterm at a GNOME terminal) 3. Chat with some people ;-) 4. Find missing lines or double lines or strange hopping things after 1-5 screens of text. [5. Try the same using TERM=linux and see the difference] Actual results: Hopping lines etc. Expected results: Normal behaviour as it was a long time ago...
This sounds like the scrolling issue mentioned in #122815 (the issue is that gnome-terminal doesn't implement the ECMA SD/SU controls in xterm's terminfo).
Bug #139294 is a dupe of this one.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 139294 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.