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Description of problem: Running gvim on xterm/gnome-terminal does not detach the gvim process from the terminal. On quit, the vim process crashes Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): vim-enhanced.x86_64 2:7.3.315-1.fc15 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open xterm or gnome-terminal 2. run gvim 3. quit gvim with :q Actual results: 2. gvim does not detach from the console 3. The console displays: ------------ E852: The child program failed to start the GUI<no \n here, but displayed after a second> gvim: xcb_io.c:221: poll_for_event: Assertion `(((long) (event_sequence) - (long) (dpy->request)) <= 0)' failed <some blank lines> Vim: Caught deadly signal ABRT Vim: Finished. Aborted ------------ Note: I couldn't copy the text from the console, because it seemed broken after this (clicking with the mouse results in printing some characters on the current line), so I rewrote it by hand. Expected results: 2. gvim should detach from the terminal process (so the terminal is free for new commands) 3. it should not crash and break the console mouse support Additional info: I'm running xmonad, started from .xinitrc I talked to vim guys and they said the bug was fixed in vim 7.3.344
Debian bug for the same thing: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=644639
I can confirm this bug https://gist.github.com/a14ca3ba70091522a443
As a quick workaround I created xgvim in my ~/bin: > #!/bin/bash > exec nohup gvim "$@" > nohup.gvim.out & Warning: This won't work with -f option, but that's not broken so no need for the workaround when using -f - that's why not using gvim as a name.
FYI, After update to 7.3.515 from updates-testing the problem is gone.
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