Ubuntu
byobu package

Doesn't respect ~/.byobu/backend

Bug #1054996 reported by Shahar Or
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
byobu (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Dustin Kirkland 

Bug Description

Dear friends,

My ~.byobu/backend is

BYOBU_BACKEND=tmux

But the 'byobu' command launcher byobu with the screen backend.

Running byobu-tmux works.

Thanks,
Shahar

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: byobu 5.21-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Sep 23 14:46:17 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120421)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ScreenRC:

SourcePackage: byobu
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-12 (72 days ago)

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Shahar Or (mightyiam) wrote :
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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

Hi, thanks for the report!

This might happen if you already have the variable defined in your environment, $BYOBU_BACKEND.

Before launching 'byobu', try echo $BYOBU_BACKEND and see if that's defined. I suspect it probably is...

Changed in byobu (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → In Progress
status: In Progress → Incomplete
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Shahar Or (mightyiam) wrote :

Hi, Dustin,

Yes, $BYOBU_BACKEND was set to tmux before byobu ran. Along with more $BYOBU_* variables.

But why would it be? I don't have it in my ~/.bashrc and not in my ~/.profile . Perhaps /etc/profile.d stuff involved?

Thanks,
Shahar

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

Perhaps... What's in your /etc/profile.d?

ls -alF /etc/profile.d/

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Shahar Or (mightyiam) wrote :

shahar@shahar-desktop:~$ ls -alF /etc/profile.d/
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 13 16:14 ./
drwxr-xr-x 178 root root 12288 Jan 14 20:19 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 660 Jul 23 19:26 bash_completion.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 248 Oct 3 18:33 undistract-me.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1561 Jan 15 2012 Z97-byobu.sh*
shahar@shahar-desktop:~$

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

I'm curious if you ever got to the bottom of this problem, and if it still exists?

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Shahar Or (mightyiam) wrote :

Again, I would like to thank you, Dustin, for this awesome software.

I installed the `screen` package in `trusty` and when I launch `byobu` I get `tmux` as the backend. So all is well in `trusty`.

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

Excellent, thanks for following up!! Cheers!

Changed in byobu (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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