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

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 scr

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 scrol

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 nee

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.

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

2009-10-27 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 Buf

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 buf

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 t

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 USB_S