From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-194846-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25B861382C5 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:14:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 30CE6E07B3; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:14:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.muc.de (colin.muc.de [193.149.48.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 78B2DE01B5 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:14:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 13735 invoked by uid 3782); 13 Jan 2021 18:14:40 -0000 Received: from acm.muc.de (p4fe15c3d.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [79.225.92.61]) by colin.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:14:40 +0100 Received: (qmail 8109 invoked by uid 1000); 13 Jan 2021 18:14:39 -0000 Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:14:39 +0000 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Console scrollback Message-ID: <X/84j2kqNylahvcE@ACM> References: <2189375.ElGaqSPkdT@peak> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2189375.ElGaqSPkdT@peak> X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: 5722f3fc-e06f-42d1-96e7-a20a84e0eacf X-Archives-Hash: cc7de16346eaf04901a42ce143a80ac1 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).