Re: First Bug Found : RE: How to help new comers trying the v2.5x series kernels.

John Bradford (john@grabjohn.com)
Sat, 21 Dec 2002 21:23:14 +0000 (GMT)


> Here is my first problem: (This problem exist since v2.5.49, and up to
> v2.5.52)
> In will be talk about the following 4 lines below:
>
> =============================
>
> General setup --->
> Loadable module support --->
> Processor type and features --->
> ============================
> 1. I ssh into my box, terminal is ANSI, rows=25, columns=80
> a. Just after "make menuconfig", what I get is:
>
> The letter 'P' is actuall at Column 5
> =============================
>
> General setup --->
> Loadable module support --->
> Processor type and features --->
> ============================
>
> b. Press <down arrow> once, what I get is:
>
> The letter 'P' is actuall at Column 5
> The letter 'C' and second 'G' is actuall at Column 15
> =============================
> Code maturity level options --->
> General seGeneral setup --->
> Loadable module support --->
> Processor type and features --->
> ============================
>
> c. If I kept pressing <down arrow>, the first letter of the current
> title will be overlay to the column 15 of the current, for each line.
>
> 2. If I "make menuconfig" in Console, where terminal is "linux",
> the "horizontal displacement" still occur but only at 2 columns to the
> right hand side only.
>
> 3. The same problem for v2.4.20
>
> Is this a know bug?

I don't think so, but I did notice that make menuconfig wasn't working
properly on a serial console with the recent 2.5 trees.

> Where should I search before posting here?

The MAINTAINERS file tells you who to contact, (as well as this list):

CONFIGURE, MENUCONFIG, XCONFIG
P: Michael Elizabeth Chastain

John.
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