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  1. Bug #151440
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 151440

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Kelledin (kelledin-3) wrote :

And...this problem goes away if I run the same "tail -f" or "read -t 1" loop on a text-only TTY, or under a "screen" session within a terminal emulator.

So it's probably a problem with the terminal emulators (MATE terminal and konsole). I'm guessing screen is able to insulate the TTY environment from the GUI emulator enough to sidestep this problem.