public inbox for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Console scrollback
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:14:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3581131.kQq0lBPeGt@peak> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <X/84j2kqNylahvcE@ACM>

On Wednesday, 13 January 2021 18:14:39 GMT Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hello, Peter.
> 
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:30:19 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > Hello list,
> > 
> > I see that the kernel code to scroll the console has been stripped out
> > [1].
> 
> This is appalling.  I do all my work on the console (apart from web
> browsing), and with this development, Linux effectively becomes unusable
> to me.  I will NOT be bullied into using second rate alternatives like
> X-Windows terminals.
> 
> Thanks for the heads up!
> 
> > What do people use instead?
> 
> Well, it looks like I'll have to stop upgrading my kernel at 5.8.n.

Actually, the console-scrolling code has gone from 5.4.80 too. Also 5.4.72 I 
think.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-01-13 19:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-13 10:30 [gentoo-user] Console scrollback Peter Humphrey
2021-01-13 10:38 ` Michael
2021-01-13 10:55   ` Peter Humphrey
2021-01-13 11:21     ` Andreas Fink
2021-01-13 11:46       ` Peter Humphrey
2021-01-13 18:14 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-01-13 18:44   ` Neil Bothwick
2021-01-14 16:00     ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-01-13 19:14   ` Peter Humphrey [this message]
2021-01-13 19:32   ` Grant Taylor
2021-01-13 21:56     ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-01-13 22:14       ` Grant Taylor
2021-01-14 16:39         ` karl
2021-01-13 22:15       ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2021-01-13 23:01         ` Neil Bothwick
2021-01-13 23:06           ` Grant Edwards
2021-01-14  0:00             ` Grant Taylor
2021-01-14  1:25               ` Grant Edwards
2021-01-14 17:10                 ` Grant Taylor
2021-01-14  0:12             ` Neil Bothwick
2021-01-14 16:06         ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-01-16 12:01           ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-01-17  5:17             ` [gentoo-user] " Thomas Mueller
     [not found]             ` <20210117051748.E3239E0869@pigeon.gentoo.org>
2021-01-17  9:16               ` Philip Webb
     [not found]             ` <20210117051748.B8178E0863@pigeon.gentoo.org>
2021-01-19 17:09               ` Laurence Perkins
2021-01-20 19:59                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-01-21  9:32                   ` Wols Lists
2021-01-21  8:58                     ` Jorge Almeida
2021-01-21 12:40                       ` Remco Rijnders
2021-01-21 13:00                         ` Jorge Almeida
2021-01-25 12:42                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-04-02 18:30                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-04-02 19:32                     ` karl
2021-04-02 20:49                       ` Alan Mackenzie

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=3581131.kQq0lBPeGt@peak \
    --to=peter@prh.myzen.co.uk \
    --cc=gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox