Bug#368093: gnome-terminal: COLUMNS/ROWS not honored until new tab/window physically resized

[Moshe Yudkowsky]

Package: gnome-terminal
Version: 2.14.1-1
Severity: normal


When I first start up my system, the windows appear in various odd sizes. However, when I attempt to use "less," the window size that less uses is very different than the window size of my gnome-terminal -- it seems to be very short. resize, $ROWS, and $COLUMNS all seem to work normally, and eval $(resize) does not help. I must grab a corner of the window with my mouse, resize it a bit and restore it, and then less works.

The same problem happens when I open a new tab: I must resize the window before less will work correctly.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gnome-terminal depends on:
ii  gnome-control-center         1:2.12.3-2  utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-terminal-data          2.14.1-1    Data files for the GNOME terminal 
ii  libatk1.0-0                  1.11.4-2    The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0                 2.14.0-1    Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                        2.3.6-7     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgconf2-4                  2.14.0-1    GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                  1:2.5.1-2   library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0                 2.10.2-2    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0                  2.14.1-2    The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0                 2.14.1-1    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0               2.14.1-2    GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0                  2.8.17-2    The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  liborbit2                    1:2.14.0-1  libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0                1.12.1-3    Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                     1.7-5       lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libstartup-notification0     0.8-1       library for program launch feedbac
ii  libvte4                      1:0.12.0-2  Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.0.0-6   X11 client-side library
ii  libxrender1                  1:0.9.0.2-4 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  scrollkeeper                 0.3.14-11   A free electronic cataloging syste

Versions of packages gnome-terminal recommends:
ii  yelp                          2.14.1-1   Help browser for GNOME 2

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