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Bug #9569
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Fix serial console terminal size issues
Start date:
05/30/2019
Due date:
% Done:
100%
Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Release Notes:
Affected Version:
All
Affected Architecture:
All
Description
Serial consoles do not have the correct size set (rows, cols) based on the user's terminal, since serial doesn't have a way to pass that by default. This can cause issues with programs like vi, curses applications like pftop, and with shell command recall.
There are various methods of polling the terminal, however, and enabling one will make for a better user experience at the serial console.
For example, FreeBSD has resizewin which looks perfect for this.
Updated by Jim Pingle over 5 years ago
- Status changed from New to Feedback
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
Applied in changeset 1dc4afdc6657e83e824be43b27eff8a5f35ea4f3.
Updated by Chris Linstruth over 5 years ago
This looks like it works great. It tracks window size on login and changing window size on-the-fly. Welcome change. Thank you.
Updated by Jim Pingle about 5 years ago
- Target version changed from 2.5.0 to 2.4.5
Updated by Jim Pingle almost 5 years ago
- Status changed from Resolved to Feedback
Needs checked and/or tested again on 2.4.5 snapshots
Updated by Jim Pingle almost 5 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
Looks good on 2.4.5.a.20191217.0644
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