#963118 mate-terminal: several issues and crashes with --window and --tab and --command

Package:
mate-terminal
Source:
mate-terminal
Description:
MATE terminal emulator application
Submitter:
Norbert Preining
Date:
2026-07-16 16:23:02 UTC
Severity:
important
#963118#5
Date:
2020-06-19 09:37:58 UTC
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Hi all,

here are some issues with current mate-terminal:

*** tmux with new window ***

$ mate-terminal --window --command tmux
realloc(): invalid pointer
Aborted
$

This tears down **all** instances of mate-terminal (well, it is only one
with many windows I guess).

screen does work, though

*** --tab from a mate terminal ***

Doing
	mate-terminal --window
	mate-terminal --tab
from a non-mate-terminal does correctly open the tab in the last opened
mate-terminal.

But doing it from a mate-terminal opens a tab in the *current* terminal
window instead of the last opened one.

At least this is my reading of mate-terminal --help-all
	 --tab Open a new tab in the last-opened window with the default profile


****

Thanks for maintaining mate-terminal, it is my favorite terminal
emulator!

All the best

Norbert
#963118#10
Date:
2020-06-19 14:33:55 UTC
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To:
HI Norbert,

Urgh, these are nasty!!! Do you plan working on a patch (like last time)?

Mike
#963118#15
Date:
2020-06-20 01:35:06 UTC
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To:
Hi Mike,

Well, if time allows, yes ;-) Not sure though how fast.

Liebe Grüße

Norbert
#963118#20
Date:
2026-07-16 16:21:10 UTC
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To:
Hi,
Is it still affecting you? I cannot reproduce it on my machine with v1.26.1. However, d/changelog does not show any fix/patch for this.

Version on o-o-stable is v1.24.1 (higher than what is reported against). If somebody can check and confirm if the issue cannot be reproduced, we can close this bug.
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Regards,
Sui Vue