[Bug 604212] Re: infobox does not show

[Shane Synan]

This bug still affects me on Ubuntu 11.04 64bit, fully updated as of today.  I'll test it soon on my 11.10 laptop.  To work around it, I've been using "dialog" instead of whiptail, e.g.
dialog --title "Testing Info Box" --infobox "This content will remain on-screen even after the sleep ends." 9 60 ; sleep 2
But when using whiptail, the same issue as described above happens:
whiptail --title "Testing Info Box" --infobox "You will never see this text." 9 60 ; sleep 2

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Title:
  infobox does not show

Status in “newt” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  A command as simple as
     whiptail --infobox Hello 0 0
  prints nothing in xterm-like terminal emulators while it shoud draw a box with Hello written inside.

  I was able to understand what whiptail is doing with this strace command :
       strace -e t=write -s 5000 -o trace whiptail --infobox Hello 0 0

  When whiptail processes the --infobox option, it does this :
  switch terminal to alternate screen
  draw information box
  switch back to normal screen
  exit

  The effect is that it is not possible to see the information message.
  Infobox messages are supposed to be displayed for a long time...

  whiptail should not switch screen in this case.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: whiptail 0.52.10-5ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Jul 11 09:09:04 2010
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: newt

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