Bug 64167 – When using bootsplash progrems that uses ncurses cant scroll uppwards

• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Rickard Närström 2004-09-15 12:40:38 UTC]

When I use bootsplash programs using ncurses (such as vim and less) cant scroll uppwards, insted itt will scroll downwards but fill with empty lines for things that where outside the screen before.




Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open vim or less with for ex. /etc/make.conf.
2. scroll down (by pressing down or j) a bit so it gets posible to scroll upp.
3. scroll upp (by pressing up or k).

Actual Results:  
The text is scrolling downwards and filld with empty lines

Expected Results:  
The text is scrolling uppwards, and you can se the text erlier in the file

My versions on the importent packages:
sys-kernel/development-sources-2.6.8.1
media-gfx/bootsplash-0.6.1-r6  
sys-libs/ncurses-5.4-r5  
app-editors/vim-6.3  
sys-apps/less-382-r2  



# emerge info
Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-amd64-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r0, 2.
                                                                               
                 6.8.1)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.8.1 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
Gentoo Base System version 1.5.3
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-O2"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER=""
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2
                                                                               
                 /share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config
/var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo ftp://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X aalib alsa amd64 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cd cdr crypt directfb d
                                                                               
                 ivx4linux dvd dvdr encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk
gtk2 imlib java                                                                
                                  jpeg libg++ libwww mikmod motif mpeg mysql
ncurses nls nogcj oggvorbis oss pam p                                          
                                                       dflib perl png python
quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl tcltk tcpd truetype                     
                                                                            
xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib"




# cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
timeout 30
default 0
#splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splah.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,1)
kernel /bzImage root=/dev/hda4 video=mtrr,vesafb:1024x768 vga=0x317 splash=silent
initrd=/initrd

title=Gentoo Linux (nosplash)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /bzImage root=/dev/hda4 vga=0x317

title=Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1



# echo $TERM
linux

[Comment 1 Michal Januszewski (RETIRED) 2004-09-22 03:45:58 UTC]

I'm sorry but this is a problem with the upstream bootsplash patch. You might wish to report this problem to [e-mail] (the maintainer of bootsplash.de) as he the most likely person to be able to contact the author of the patch for 2.6.8.1.