First Bug Found : RE: How to help new comers trying the v2.5x series kernels.

Sampson Fung (sampson@attglobal.net)
Sun, 22 Dec 2002 04:35:10 +0800


> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
> [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Sam Ravnborg
> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 3:11 AM
> To: Sampson Fung
> Cc: 'John Bradford'; 'Sampson Fung'; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: How to help new comers trying the v2.5x series kernels.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 02:30:13AM +0800, Sampson Fung wrote:
> > Where is the default .config? I am eager to have a try.
>
> Try "make help"
>
> That will teach you about:
> make defconfig <= Linus's own configuration
> (well more or less)
> make allnoconfig <= Minimal config, but often it does not compile
>

make defconfig compiled ok. modules are enabled, although only
"kernel/drivers/net/dummy.ko" exist.
It is bootable on my system in spite of P4 cpu selected in .config while
mine is a PIII.
And "lsmod" returns only the header row. (A good sing for me)

Here is my first problem: (This problem exist since v2.5.49, and up to
v2.5.52)
In will be talk about the following 4 lines below:

=============================

General setup --->
Loadable module support --->
Processor type and features --->
============================
1. I ssh into my box, terminal is ANSI, rows=25, columns=80
a. Just after "make menuconfig", what I get is:

The letter 'P' is actuall at Column 5
=============================

General setup --->
Loadable module support --->
Processor type and features --->
============================

b. Press <down arrow> once, what I get is:

The letter 'P' is actuall at Column 5
The letter 'C' and second 'G' is actuall at Column 15
=============================
Code maturity level options --->
General seGeneral setup --->
Loadable module support --->
Processor type and features --->
============================

c. If I kept pressing <down arrow>, the first letter of the current
title will be overlay to the column 15 of the current, for each line.

2. If I "make menuconfig" in Console, where terminal is "linux",
the "horizontal displacement" still occur but only at 2 columns to the
right hand side only.

3. The same problem for v2.4.20

Is this a know bug? Where should I search before posting here?

Sampson
A new comer to Kernel testing.

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