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From: tuxic@××××××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 19:38:48
Message-Id: 20190112193835.rkjbdjtvggqckk5s@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface by Franz Fellner
1 On 01/12 09:27, Franz Fellner wrote:
2 > I am sure nconfig does the same thing as menuconfig and xconfig.
3 > Concerning your issue with menuconfig: Is this with a new kernel? Do older
4 > kernel versions still play well with menuconfig?
5 >
6 > Am Sa., 12. Jan. 2019 um 19:49 Uhr schrieb <tuxic@××××××.de>:
7 >
8 > > On 01/12 07:47, Franz Fellner wrote:
9 > > > No issues here with "make nconfig", like that more than menuconfig.
10 > > >
11 > > > Am Sa., 12. Jan. 2019 um 19:23 Uhr schrieb <tuxic@××××××.de>:
12 > > >
13 > > > > On 01/12 06:53, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
14 > > > > > On 12/01/2019 18:52, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
15 > > > > > > On 12/01/2019 18:10, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
16 > > > > > > > On 01/12 04:59, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
17 > > > > > > > > On 01/12 05:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
18 > > > > > > > > > On 12/01/2019 16:09, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
19 > > > > > > > > > > when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after
20 > > > > > > > > > > a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But
21 > > > > > > > > > > since some interations of the linux kernel this interface
22 > > > > > > > > > > has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the
23 > > > > place.
24 > > > > > > > > >
25 > > > > > > > > > What terminal are you using? Try a different one.
26 > > > > > > > >
27 > > > > > > > > At worked for years, with terminal.
28 > > > > > > >
29 > > > > > > > ooops...typo should be:
30 > > > > > > >
31 > > > > > > > At worked for years, with this terminal.
32 > > > > > >
33 > > > > > > Well, I just mentioned it because a while ago I had exactly the
34 > > same
35 > > > > > > problem with Konsole 18.04. It's fixed now, but back then I had to
36 > > use
37 > > > > > > another terminal application as a workaround.
38 > > > > >
39 > > > > > And this was the bug report, which includes screenshots of the
40 > > problem:
41 > > > > >
42 > > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/648338
43 > > > > >
44 > > > > >
45 > > > >
46 > > > > I am using x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.22-r1
47 > > > >
48 > > > >
49 > > > >
50 > > > >
51 > >
52 > > ...only to get sure:
53 > > The functionality of 'make nconfig'is identically to 'make menuconfig'
54 > > ?
55 > >
56
57 It is since a couple of linux kernel version, which I fetch directly
58 from Linus desktop (https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x).
59
60 How old should be a kernel to fetch fpr this test?
61 What do you think?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>