Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Repeat the Ending | Date | Thu, 12 Jun 1997 10:47:53 +0200 | From | Olaf Titz <> |
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> While I see the importance of bootup messages for trouble shooting, I > don't think that justifies any more sophisticated scrollback in the > kernel. The existing code just uses what is available, nearly for > free, on the VGS hardware. For checking boot messages I'd suggest
On a related subject, one improvement to scrollback I'd really love to see: do not snap the screen back to the end whem there is output in a different console. Scrollback is essentially useless for me given that I have two VCs active with applications that do regular updates (one network monitor with an update every five seconds).
olaf
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