Double input to broadcasted group

[mikeperalta1]

Describe the bug
When using multiple split panes and broadcasting to a group, the group members receive double the input sent from the selected pane. Screenshots attached below.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Split the terminal to 2 or more panes
2. Assign all panes to the same group
3. Send keystrokes to one of the panes
4. Observe that the other panes don't receive accurate keystroke broadcast from the selected pane, but in fact double

Expected behavior
Each pane receiving keystrokes from the selected group member should only receive the correct input, rather than double.

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• Ubuntu
• 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
• X11 and XFCE

Additional context

Using latest version of terminator: 2.1.1

Config file (changed file extension from none to .txt because this form wouldn't accept as-is):
config.txt

[sayaleeraut]

Facing the same issue as described above.
Version in use : 2.1.1-1

[pacientes]

It's so inconvenient.

[pacientes]

1. open terminator by sudo user

sudo vim /usr/bin/terminator

2. edit ibus environment

# as-is
    username = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name
    ibus_running = [p for p in psutil.process_iter() if p.name() == 'ibus-daemon' and p.username() == username]
    ibus_running = len(ibus_running) > 0
    if ibus_running:
        os.environ['IBUS_DISABLE_SNOOPER']='1'   # edit here

# to-be
    username = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name
    ibus_running = [p for p in psutil.process_iter() if p.name() == 'ibus-daemon' and p.username() == username]
    ibus_running = len(ibus_running) > 0
    if ibus_running:
        os.environ['IBUS_DISABLE_SNOOPER']='0'   # edit here

[abaccarini]

1. open terminator by sudo user

sudo vim /usr/bin/terminator

2. edit ibus environment

# as-is
    username = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name
    ibus_running = [p for p in psutil.process_iter() if p.name() == 'ibus-daemon' and p.username() == username]
    ibus_running = len(ibus_running) > 0
    if ibus_running:
        os.environ['IBUS_DISABLE_SNOOPER']='1'   # edit here

# to-be
    username = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name
    ibus_running = [p for p in psutil.process_iter() if p.name() == 'ibus-daemon' and p.username() == username]
    ibus_running = len(ibus_running) > 0
    if ibus_running:
        os.environ['IBUS_DISABLE_SNOOPER']='0'   # edit here

This didn't fix the issue for me on 22.04.1 with GNOME 42.2.

[PenelopeFudd]

Also seeing this on Fedora 35 with Plasma 5.24.4 and terminator-2.1.1-3.fc35.noarch.rpm.
Tried the suggested edit of /usr/bin/terminator, no change.
Removed /home/$username/.config/terminator/config and restarted terminator, no change.

[pacientes]

1. open terminator by sudo user

sudo vim /usr/bin/terminator

2. edit ibus environment

# as-is
    username = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name
    ibus_running = [p for p in psutil.process_iter() if p.name() == 'ibus-daemon' and p.username() == username]
    ibus_running = len(ibus_running) > 0
    if ibus_running:
        os.environ['IBUS_DISABLE_SNOOPER']='1'   # edit here

# to-be
    username = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name
    ibus_running = [p for p in psutil.process_iter() if p.name() == 'ibus-daemon' and p.username() == username]
    ibus_running = len(ibus_running) > 0
    if ibus_running:
        os.environ['IBUS_DISABLE_SNOOPER']='0'   # edit here

This didn't fix the issue for me on 22.04.1 with GNOME 42.2.

It seems to be solved only in special cases.

My case is also 22.04.1 with GNOMW 42.4,
but IBus keyboard input method system and using Korean keyboard layout. (English system language)

[mattrose]

should be fixed by #674

[ehsjoar]

#674 did not fix it for me. I built from HEAD (403bf54) and I still have the issue

• debian 11.5
• plasma 5.20

[MrIsak]

Hi @mattrose , this is issue still occurs:

• Terminal version 2.1.3-1 (installed from PPA)
• Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
• XDG_SESSION_TYPE="x11"
• Gnome version 42.5

Let me know is there something else you need to know

Edit:
ibus seems to cause this problem for me, so killing the process solved it
sudo pkill ibus

[mattrose]

Yeah, this is a bug in ibus, and and terminator is not the only program affected

[lamnguyenx]

1. open terminator by sudo user

sudo vim /usr/bin/terminator

2. edit ibus environment

# as-is
    username = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name
    ibus_running = [p for p in psutil.process_iter() if p.name() == 'ibus-daemon' and p.username() == username]
    ibus_running = len(ibus_running) > 0
    if ibus_running:
        os.environ['IBUS_DISABLE_SNOOPER']='1'   # edit here

# to-be
    username = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name
    ibus_running = [p for p in psutil.process_iter() if p.name() == 'ibus-daemon' and p.username() == username]
    ibus_running = len(ibus_running) > 0
    if ibus_running:
        os.environ['IBUS_DISABLE_SNOOPER']='0'   # edit here

This worked for me using GNOME Shell 3.36.9 on Ubuntu 20.04

[awsms]

should be fixed by #674

Not fixed, issue is still here...

[mattrose]

This is not an issue with terminator, but a bug in ibus.

[MMI]

For the next person that finds this via $search_engine that is having this problem and only has an en-us keyboard setup -- simply running ibus exit can solve the problem. ibus start will bring the problem back -- even on a running instance of terminator.

Since I have no knowledge or interest in ibus this is a satisfactory workaround for me.

[mauricio-sousa]

I have tested a workaround:

1. Edit the file /usr/share/applications/terminator.desktop.
2. Change the Exec line to:

   Exec=sh -c "GTK_IM_MODULE= setsid terminator"

[steve-todorov]

@mattrose it took me a while to read through all of the duplicating tickets of this problem and the "possible solutions" -- most of which did not work. The only one that actually work was what @MMI suggests - ibus exit. A lot of wasted time. Is this bug reported to ibus ? If not -- maybe you should open one and we can make some noise there so this can get resolved permanently?

[mattrose]

This bug is not necessarily in ibus itself, but in some of the language plugins. It has been reported multiple times

[Sispheor]

Still present with terminator 2.1.4 🙃