Hi Rolf, On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 12:57:51PM -0500, Rolf Brudeseth wrote: > > I suppose this has to be > > > > echo -ne "\e]R" > > No, it is without the '-e' switch in the script. But yes, when I reproduced > it from the command line the '-e' switch was necessary.
Yup, that’s what Anton was getting at. The script as shipped uses the
literal ASCII character for ESC and doesn’t need -e, but your version
does because of the escape for escape :-)
> > Is this some special terminal, or the Linux framebuffer works
> > differently on these systems? If the first, then either some check is
> > required in /etc/init.d/kbd to avoid this echo, or a redirection is
> > required (echo -ne "\e]R" >/dev/somewhere). If the second, then perhaps
> > this is a bug in the kernel?
>
> $ grep ^co /etc/inittab
> co:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty hvc0 9600 vt100
>
> I did make the observation that just removing the echo statement eliminated
> the problem.
Other than not blacking out the text, did you notice any other behavior
that occurs/fails to occur when you remove the echo statement?
I actually wonder if this escape sequence, apparently introduced eleven
years ago (#60721) to work around some mild chaos introduced by a
special gimmick in the kernel, is still necessary nowadays. Anton, do
you know anything about this?
Cheers,
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