Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1997-48,: Re: BUG? -- sick virtual terminals.......

# Re: BUG? -- sick virtual terminals.......

Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Tue, 02 Dec 1997 09:31:40 +1100

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On Mon, 1 Dec 1997 16:09:55 -0600 (CST),
Paul J Thompson <thomppj@thomppj.student.okstate.edu> wrote:
>Say I am looking at a simple login screen, I login and work for a minute
>or so, then, while I have a full screen of text, the test stops scrolling
>correctly. Whatever I do, each new line that appears which should cause
>the screen to scroll up a line actually replaces previous bottom line. No
>scrolling occurs, I just get to watch the bottom line get repeatedly
>overwritten.

Something has redefined the virtual scrolling region on your virtual
terminal. It's a feature of vt100/vt200 and related terminals which
probably affects other terminal types as well. /usr/bin/reset usually
fixes the problem. Nothing to do the with the kernel, one of your
programs is doing this.

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