From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Console scrollback
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:14:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <X/84j2kqNylahvcE@ACM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2189375.ElGaqSPkdT@peak>
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.
That can only be a short term answer, though.
> This loss is a nuisance while installing a new system, as I am still
> trying to do on my old laptop.
> 1. https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/09/15/1824233&from=rss
Question: I'm a C hacker; how do I go about getting to restore (and
enhance) this essential facility myself?
> --
> Regards,
> Peter.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-13 18:14 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 [this message]
2021-01-13 18:44 ` Neil Bothwick
2021-01-14 16:00 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-01-13 19:14 ` Peter Humphrey
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
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