Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:50:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/13764: [PATCH] Stop syscons from flushing history buffer when changing video mode Message-ID: <199909160150.SAA45922@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/13764; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: kern/13764: [PATCH] Stop syscons from flushing history buffer when changing video mode Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:48:10 +0900 >>Number: 13764 >>Category: kern >>Synopsis: [PATCH] Stop syscons from flushing history buffer when changi >ng video mode [...] >>Arrival-Date: Wed Sep 15 11:00:01 PDT 1999 >>Closed-Date: >>Last-Modified: >>Originator: Mark Ovens >>Release: FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386 >>Organization: >>Environment: > > FreeBSD marder-1 3.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #33: > Wed Sep 15 18:12:58 BST 1999 > mark@marder-1:/usr/src/sys/compile/MARDER-1 i386 > >>Description: > > When the console video mode is changed, with vidcontrol, > syscons free()s the current history buffer and malloc()s > a new one which means that the scroll-back buffer is lost. > > This can be a problem if the video mode is set in /etc/rc.conf > (e.g. ``allscreens_flags="80x43"'') and a process which is started > from an rc* file fails to start as you cannot scroll back to look > at the error messages. This has been brought up several times before. I will work on this. Thank you. Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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