Subject: Re: WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT number of lines adjustment.
To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@NetBSD.org>
From: Eric Haszlakiewicz <erh@jodi.nimenees.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/23/2005 01:50:53
On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 08:32:09PM +0100, Rui Paulo wrote:
> On 2005.07.22 14:20:37 +0000, Eric Haszlakiewicz wrote:
> | look through the code didn't reveal anything obvious to tweak.  Also, I
> | noticed that the scroll back buffer gets lost as soon as I switch to a
> | different screen.  argh!
> 
> Yes, that's normal. It hapens under FreeBSD and Linux too AFAIK.

	normal?  That sounds like a bug to me.  I was thinking that I'd be able
to let my machine boot normally, including start X, then be able to switch
back to the text screen and see the boot messages.
Why does the scroll back buffer get cleared?  Would it be hard to change that?

eric