Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output - RESOLVED

2009-11-09 Thread Amit Dor-Shifer
On Wednesday 28 October 2009 20:10:52 Maxim Wexler wrote: Not sure this is related with the OP's problem, I have noticed that on my system I can scroll up in a console if it displays the output of a command, e.g. ls, but I cannot scroll up on the boot messages. Also, I cannot scroll up

Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output - RESOLVED

2009-11-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 09 November 2009 11:07:15 Amit Dor-Shifer wrote: On Wednesday 28 October 2009 20:10:52 Maxim Wexler wrote: Not sure this is related with the OP's problem, I have noticed that on my system I can scroll up in a console if it displays the output of a command, e.g. ls, but

Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output - RESOLVED

2009-10-28 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 27 October 2009 09:10:13 Alan McKinnon wrote: You enabled scrollback so now the console has retained enough of the kernel console output that you can scroll back to the beginning without using all 128K. Symbol: VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK_SIZE [=256] Prompt: Scrollback Buffer

Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output - RESOLVED

2009-10-28 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 28 October 2009 03:50:56 Maxim Wexler wrote: So, since in the digital world, things don't just happen, can someone enlighten me, or anyone else who's interested, in the connection between the scrollback buffer and usb-storage, if any? There isn't a connection. Why do you

Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output - RESOLVED

2009-10-28 Thread Maxim Wexler
Not sure this is related with the OP's problem, I have noticed that on my system I can scroll up in a console if it displays the output of a command, e.g. ls, but I cannot scroll up on the boot messages. Also, I cannot scroll up on the log messages on VT12. Is there something that I need to

Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output - RESOLVED

2009-10-28 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 28 October 2009 20:10:52 Maxim Wexler wrote: Not sure this is related with the OP's problem, I have noticed that on my system I can scroll up in a console if it displays the output of a command, e.g. ls, but I cannot scroll up on the boot messages. Also, I cannot scroll up on

Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output - RESOLVED

2009-10-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 27 October 2009 03:38:53 Maxim Wexler wrote: Ok, this is too weird. While mucking around in the kernel I noticed that the scroll back buffer wasn't set. So I configured it and gave it 128 bytes to play with. It's 128 kilo bytes just btw :-) Sez I, well at least I'll be able to

Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output - RESOLVED

2009-10-27 Thread Maxim Wexler
So, since in the digital world, things don't just happen, can someone enlighten me, or anyone else who's interested, in the connection between the scrollback buffer and usb-storage, if any? There isn't a connection. Why do you think there is one? Because, before the scrollback buffer was

Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output

2009-10-26 Thread Maxim Wexler
On 10/25/09, Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz wrote: === On Sun, 10/25, Maxim Wexler wrote: === Did I leave something out of the kernel? I can't think what. === It looks like you have USB debug turned on. I remember there was a kernel that was released that had that. Normally it's off, but

Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output

2009-10-26 Thread Maxim Wexler
#CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is not set [edit] CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG = y I turned it off, recompiled, copied the kernel over and rebooted. $dmesg still displays the verbose 'usb-storage' lines and excludes everything else here's a long thread on this same subject

Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output - RESOLVED

2009-10-26 Thread Maxim Wexler
Ok, this is too weird. While mucking around in the kernel I noticed that the scroll back buffer wasn't set. So I configured it and gave it 128 bytes to play with. Sez I, well at least I'll be able to scroll back to the start of all that verbiage. That's the only change I've made since turning

[gentoo-user] strange dmesg output

2009-10-25 Thread Maxim Wexler
Hi group, Still sorting out the glitches in the new 2.6.30-r7 kernel. eg the strange output of dmesg: ... age: 1e 00 00 00 01 00 usb-storage: Bulk Command S 0x43425355 T 0x8 L 0 F 0 Trg 0 LUN 0 CL 6 usb-storage: usb_stor_bulk_transfer_buf: xfer 31 bytes usb-storage: Status code 0; transferred

Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output

2009-10-25 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Sun, 10/25, Maxim Wexler wrote: === Did I leave something out of the kernel? I can't think what. === It looks like you have USB debug turned on. I remember there was a kernel that was released that had that. Normally it's off, but you should turn it off if it's on. -- Keith Dart --