Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-10-03 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 12:44 AM Jorge Almeida wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 5:29 PM Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > > > attached. Please start again from a gentoo-sources without any previous > > traces of the scrollback patches, and apply that patch. _Surely_ it > > should work this time.

Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-09-27 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 12:51 AM Dale wrote: > > Jorge Almeida wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 6:24 PM antlists wrote: > > Hello, Wol and Dale > >> When you rebuild it, get a surge protector and then put a UPS behind > >> that ... snag is that's all extra expense :-( > >> > Hope that info

Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-09-26 Thread Dale
Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 6:24 PM antlists wrote: > Hello, Wol and Dale >> When you rebuild it, get a surge protector and then put a UPS behind >> that ... snag is that's all extra expense :-( >> > Surge protectors: I googled it and mostly got bad reviews. Do they >

Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-09-26 Thread Wols Lists
On 26/09/2021 22:22, Jorge Almeida wrote: On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 6:24 PM antlists wrote: Hello, Wol and Dale When you rebuild it, get a surge protector and then put a UPS behind that ... snag is that's all extra expense :-( Surge protectors: I googled it and mostly got bad reviews. Do

Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-09-26 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 6:24 PM antlists wrote: > Hello, Wol and Dale > When you rebuild it, get a surge protector and then put a UPS behind > that ... snag is that's all extra expense :-( > Surge protectors: I googled it and mostly got bad reviews. Do they _really_work? What would you

Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-09-26 Thread Dale
antlists wrote: > On 26/09/2021 13:36, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >>> Sure enough, the patch was succesful. Unfortunately, I cannot test it, >>> because my computer is out of luck (big thunderstorm, crappy power >>> provider, not-so-smart owner). > >> I'm sorry to hear it.  I'm sure you've done it

Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-09-26 Thread antlists
On 26/09/2021 13:36, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Sure enough, the patch was succesful. Unfortunately, I cannot test it, because my computer is out of luck (big thunderstorm, crappy power provider, not-so-smart owner). I'm sorry to hear it. I'm sure you've done it already, but get a decent backup

Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-09-26 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Jorge. On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 23:44:51 +, Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 5:29 PM Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Alan > > > $ patch -p0 <../patch_for_5.14.diff > > > patching file ./drivers/tty/vt/vt.c > > > Hunk #1 FAILED at 3208. > > > 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED --

Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-09-25 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday, 24 September 2021 18:29:11 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > To apply the patch (you surely know this already), cd to the top of the > kernel tree, and use > > $ patch -p1 < 5.14.5-scroll-20210924.diff [...] > .. Please let me know again how it works out. Thanks! Works for me, Alan,

Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-09-24 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 5:29 PM Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hejjo, Alan > > $ patch -p0 <../patch_for_5.14.diff > > patching file ./drivers/tty/vt/vt.c > > Hunk #1 FAILED at 3208. > > 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file ./drivers/tty/vt/vt.c.rej > > attached. Please start again from a

Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-09-24 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Jorge. On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 09:22:45 +0100, Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 6:03 PM Alan Mackenzie wrote: [ ] > It still fails: > $ patch -p0 <../patch_for_5.14.diff > patching file ./drivers/tty/vt/vt.c > Hunk #1 FAILED at 3208. > 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving

Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-09-24 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 6:03 PM Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > As for the two(?) versions of my patch, they differed mainly in the > aesthetics - diff.20210405.diff had lots of ugly maintainer comments in > it. So, could I ask you please to try that 1-hunk patch I posted > yesterday on top of the

Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-09-23 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Jorge. On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 22:40:11 +0100, Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 9:29 PM Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi Alan, thanks for the reply > > I must confess that somebody told me by private email that it fails on > > systems which change their screen geometry during

Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-09-22 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 9:29 PM Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Jorge. > Hi Alan, thanks for the reply > I must confess that somebody told me by private email that it fails on > systems which change their screen geometry during boot-up. For example, > a system which first boots into 80x25,

Re: [gentoo-user] console scrollback (kernel 5.14)

2021-09-22 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Jorge. On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 21:40:46 +0100, Jorge Almeida wrote: > Hello, gentooers in general and Alan in particular > I've been using Alan Mackenzie's patch until kernel 5.13, with > success. It failed with 5.14.4 --yes, I know, but it doesn't hurt to > try :) I'm happy to know my