Re: BUG: SVGATextMode or GPM
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> +AD4APg- I am running lastest hamm, and when I upgraded to the new svgatextmode, it asked to remove the /etc/rc.boot files, and install new ones. I did so, but when I rebooted, it executed after gpm. When I boot, the kernel uses 80x25, and when svgatextmode runs, it changes it to 180x80. However, the mouse is locked in the upper left-hand corner. Running +ACI-/etc/init.d/gpm restart+ACI- fixes it, but svgatextmode should be run earlier in the sequence.
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> +AD4-This is not a bug, this is a FAQ :-). Default TextConfig now includes (and
> +AD4-has been since 1.6-2, I think) the following line:
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> +AD4-ResetProg +ACI-/usr/sbin/STM+AF8-reset+ACI-
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> +AD4-STM+AF8-reset is a script that sends a WINCH signal to gpm notifying it of the
> +AD4-screen resize. Since TextConfig is a conffile, and yours has probably been
> +AD4-modified, the change never got through to you. This will be mentioned in
> +AD4-README.debian of the next version of stm.
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> When it installed, I told it to overwrite the old file. I still consider it a bug, because the operation of the computer changes, and I have to manually run /etc/init.d/gpm restart. It would be nice to have a default STM+AF8-reset, that checks if /etc/init.d/gpm exists, and if so, restart it.
> Or better yet, make a directory that packages can install files into, and have STM+AF8-reset call them. IE /etc/stm.d.
1. restart is not necessary in this case, and if you have teh right resetprog
listed in your TextConfig, everything should be transparent.
2. why create stm.d for only 1 package (gpm)?
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> Any time the default way of do things is changed, the user should be notified. This doesn't warrant a pause, but at least a message would have been nice. I had been running 1.3.1, with libc6 installed for a while, and did the hamm upgrade(50+-megs). I was expecting to have lots of messages about config files, so it wouldn't have been a pain to wait for another message.
Sorry, I did not foresee that this will be a problem.
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> BTW, the is default resetprog is +ACI-/etc/STM+AF8-reset+ACI-, and it should not be there. It should be in some bin dir.
it is. I think you are talking about /etc/TextConfig in 1.8-1, and it was
indeed messed up, so was STM_reset script. I messed up a lot of thiings in
1.8-1. That package should have never been released, and I apologize for it,
but what can I do? I released fixed 1.8-2 within 3 days.
Please install stm 1.8-2 and see if that works for you.
Thanks.
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