Subject: kern/8628: switching wscons screens occasionally updates display incorrectly
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <rafal@mediaone.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/15/1999 23:28:33
>Number: 8628
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: switching wscons screens can corrupt display
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Fri Oct 15 23:27:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Rafal Boni
>Organization:
none
>Release: -current from 10/10 or so
>Environment:
System: NetBSD doppelganger.waterside.net 1.4L NetBSD 1.4L (DOPPELGANGER) #1: Tue Oct 12 18:44:19 EDT 1999 root@groo-the-wanderer.waterside.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/DOPPELGANGER i386
problem happens on my laptop with Neomagic MagicGraph 128XD
>Description:
I'm running the following:
screen 0: tail -f cvs-update-log (which was empty and not
changing)
screen 1: tcpdump -i ne0
screen 2: vmstat 5
At some point, I switched from screen 1 to screen 2 and noticed
that the *middle* of the screen contained data from screen 1.
Switched to screen 3 (empty screen with login prompt) and back,
but the "droppings" from screen 1 were still present on screen 2.
Screen 1 seemed to contain the right data.
It looks like screen 1 was in the middle of a scrolling action
when I switched screens.
>How-To-Repeat:
See above..
>Fix:
None available.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: