Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox in headless configuration broken after update: delayed echo [ RESOLVED, kinda ]
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:37:06
Message-Id: FC9FE60B-DDB7-4A7C-9255-F587D9E5DAD4@antarean.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox in headless configuration broken after update: delayed echo [ RESOLVED, kinda ] by n952162
1 On 16 June 2020 21:07:56 CEST, n952162 <n952162@×××.de> wrote:
2 >On 06/10/20 15:19, n952162 wrote:
3 >>
4 >> I updated my system and now characters typed into vbox over ssh are
5 >> not echo-ed until *after* a CR is entered.
6 >>
7 >> I diffed the stty output, to see if I could spot anything:
8 >>
9 >> 10~>cat /tmp/sttydiff
10 >> 2,3c2,3
11 >> <  rows 37
12 >> <  columns 100
13 >> ---
14 >> >  rows 44
15 >> >  columns 88
16 >> 21d20
17 >> <  discard = ^O
18 >> 23c22,23
19 >> < min = 1
20 >> ---
21 >> > discard = ^O
22 >> >  min = 1
23 >> 30c30
24 >> < hupcl
25 >> ---
26 >> > -hupcl
27 >> 36c36
28 >> < brkint
29 >> ---
30 >> > -brkint
31 >> 48,49c48,49
32 >> < imaxbel
33 >> < iutf8
34 >> ---
35 >> > -imaxbel
36 >> > -iutf8
37 >>
38 >> Also, the font seems to be screwed up, because the last line of the
39 >> window only shows the top half of the line.
40 >>
41 >> Anybody else encounter this or know what's wrong?
42 >>
43 >> Vbox seems to work okay when run locally, on the machine it's
44 >> installed on.
45 >>
46 >>
47 >
48 >I think this is resolved, kinda.
49 >I just discovered that if I turn off the vbox menu bar, the command
50 >entry line works properly again, both in X-less console mode and in X.
51 >     Settings -> User Interface -> Enable menu bar (disable this)
52 >
53 >I've always had that menu bar, and need it, so something got
54 >changed/broken, and I still have a problem, but at least now I don't
55 >have to enter commands in blindly.
56
57 Are these Virtualbox VMs critical?
58 If yes, I would suggest migrating them to a more reliable virtualisation technology.
59
60 I do not consider Virtualbox suitable for anything but a desktop based VM method for a quick test or simulation.
61
62 Gor anything serious, I would suggest Xen, KVM or VMWare.
63
64 --
65 Joost
66 --
67 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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