Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Apr 1996 07:13:47 +0300 (EET DST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: stty -a rows/columns still broken (1.3.81). |
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On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, Tim Wright wrote: > > I read the mail from someone saying this was a common problem and it rang > a few bells. > I checked and found this was a problem on Sequent about 2 years ago. > In this case, the bug is in the TCP stack and the fix was as follows: > > Intermittently when using rlogin into a DYNIX/ptx system the terminal window > size will not get set. The "stty -a" command shows rows=0 cols=0. > Investigation showed this is caused sometimes, by TCP not setting the URG > flag or urgent pointer when retransmitting a frame that contains urgent > data. Fast Patch 203460 corrects this problem so if urgent data must be > retransmitted the urgent flag and pointer will be correct. > > Might be worth checking out if this is the case with Linux. > > Alan ?
Actually, it was a bug in signal handling. People who saw this might try out my pre-patch-1.3.82 on ftp.cs.helsinki.fi which should fix it.
NOTE!! It's a pre-patch for a very good reason: it has some problems in other areas. I don't recommend running this for anything that is critical, but if you want to live dangerously..
Linus
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