ATerm crashes on my system when I specify a large value in ~/.Xdefaults for XTerm*saveLines. Particularly in range between 327xx, crashing sooner the closer I get to 32767. The maximum value isn't specified in the man page, but I figured out it's probably 32767, since any number higher than that will knock down the buffer to the default length. The error message I get in ~/.xsession-errors is: aterm: screen.c:872: scr_add_lines: Assertion `screen.cur.row >= -TermWin.nscrolled' failed. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Modify ~/.Xdefaults to add the line XTerm*saveLines:32767 2. run "xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults" 3. launch a new aterm window 4. "cd /" "ls -laR" Actual Results: Part way through the directory listing, the window disappeared, and the error was logged to ~/.xsession-errors: aterm: screen.c:872: scr_add_lines: Assertion `screen.cur.row >= -TermWin.nscrolled' failed. Expected Results: The software should not have failed it's assertion. The version of ATerm I am using is 0.4.2-r9, use flag is -cjk I am running under fluxbox version 0.9.9, use flags are -gnome -kde +nls +truetype -xinerama The XServer I have is xorg-x11-6.7.0-r1, use flags are -3dfx -3dnow -cjk -debug +doc -hardened -ipv6 +mmx +nls +pam -pie -sdk +sse -static I am running ATerm with the following options specified in my ~/.Xdefaults file: XTerm*loginShell:true XTerm*background:Black XTerm*foreground:White XTerm*saveLines:32767 XTerm*visualBell:true aterm*transparent:true aterm*transpscrollbar:true aterm*tinting:red aterm*shading:50 Compiler flags are: CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe"
No problem here. XFCE4+Aterm Aterm*saveLines: 32768 x11-terms/aterm-0.4.2-r9 -cjk x11-base/xorg-x11-6.7.0-r1 -3dfx -3dnow -cjk -debug -doc -hardened +ipv6 +mmx +nls +pam -pie -sdk +sse -static Can any body else reproduce the bug?
32768, at least in my tests here, will roll the saveLines value back over to the default. It seems the maximum accepted value is 32767, therefore a value of 32768 would make a _much_ smaller buffer, i.e. on mine 88 lines. It seems to crash faster the closer it gets to 32767, but crashes on smaller values as well. The default value of 88 lines probably wouldn't make it crash, or at least not in any reasonable ammount of time.
Fixed in -r10. I've also extended the saveLines range to 0-65535, hopefully not breaking anything else in the process ;)
Updated to version -r10. Aterm no longer crashes on my system with a saveLines value of 32767, nor does it crash with a value of 65535. Great work! =)
