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Alex Mackenzie: |
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> I've now cobbled together a working console scroll on Linux |
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> 5.4.80-gentoo-r1. In the end, I reused much of the old machinery which |
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> was still present in 4.19.97. Once I've tidied it up, I hope that the |
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> resulting patch file will apply cleanly also to later versions than |
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> 5.4.80-r1. |
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Nice, where is the patch so I can try ? |
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> (i) The scrolling doesn't work on /dev/tty1 aka the console. |
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> (ii) When, e.g., /dev/tty6 has been scrolled upwards a bit, and then |
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> <Alt><F2> pressed to go to /dev/tty2, on returning to /dev/tty6, the |
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> scrolling has been cancelled and the cursor is no longer visible. |
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> However, the scrollback buffer is still present. |
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> I think I'm fairly likely to be able to solve (ii). However, (i), the |
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> problem with /dev/tty1, has me baffled. I don't know where to start |
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> looking for the problem. If anybody with some kernel knowledge could |
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> make any suggestions, I'd be very grateful. |
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What happens if you set /dev/console to be /dev/ttyS0, i.e. make sure |
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that tty1 is the only one using the first virtual console. |
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Regards, |
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/Karl Hammar |
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