Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

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 18:17:05
Message-Id: 20190112181653.55lwtya5ghjijpko@solfire
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On 01/12 08:10, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 > On 12/01/2019 19:23, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
3 > > On 01/12 06:53, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
4 > > > On 12/01/2019 18:52, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
5 > > > > On 12/01/2019 18:10, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
6 > > > > > On 01/12 04:59, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
7 > > > > > > On 01/12 05:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
8 > > > > > > > On 12/01/2019 16:09, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
9 > > > > > > > > when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after
10 > > > > > > > > a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But
11 > > > > > > > > since some interations of the linux kernel this interface
12 > > > > > > > > has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the place.
13 > > > > > > >
14 > > > > > > > What terminal are you using? Try a different one.
15 > > > > > >
16 > > > > > > At worked for years, with terminal.
17 > > > > >
18 > > > > > ooops...typo should be:
19 > > > > >
20 > > > > >   At worked for years, with this terminal.
21 > > > >
22 > > > > Well, I just mentioned it because a while ago I had exactly the same
23 > > > > problem with Konsole 18.04. It's fixed now, but back then I had to use
24 > > > > another terminal application as a workaround.
25 > > >
26 > > > And this was the bug report, which includes screenshots of the problem:
27 > > >
28 > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/648338
29 > >
30 > > I am using x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.22-r1
31 >
32 > Well, have you tried another one? What about from a console? (Ctrl+Alt+F2 to
33 > get to one.)
34 >
35 >
36
37 That's wprk ... but its kinda super retro...isn't it.
38 What or where is the actual/iincompatibility..."who is to blame"
39 (not meant seriously...only a workaround for my limited english)

Replies

Subject Author
[gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>