bugGNU GRUB - Bugs: bug #9659, vga: 79 vs 80 columns

 
 

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bug #9659: vga: 79 vs 80 columns

Submitted by:  Egmont Koblinger <egmont>
Submitted on:  Thu 15 Jul 2004 08:14:09 PM UTC  
 
Category: User InterfaceSeverity: Major
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Software Error
Status: Wont FixPrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOriginator Name: Egmont Koblinger
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 0.95
Release: NoneReproducibility: Every Time
Planned Release: None

Fri 16 Jul 2004 11:39:52 AM UTC, comment #1:

I thought of the same thing some years ago, but interactive operations didn't work very well if I used the extra column. I don't know if this is specific to some BIOSes, though. Anyway, I don't think this is very important.

Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji>
Project Administrator
Thu 15 Jul 2004 08:14:09 PM UTC, original submission:

It seems to me that grub never uses the rightmost column
of the vga screen. At least it wraps after the 79th column
when a kernel with a long command line is being booted and
this is reported in the top of the screen, and when using
the cat builtin to show a file.

Patch attached, it works for me and I haven't noticed any
side effects. I tested the two situations mentioned above
with 79, 80, 81 char long strings and it was always ok.

Egmont Koblinger <egmont>

 

Attached Files
file #1555:  vga-80-columns.patch added by egmont (374B - application/octet-stream)

 

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Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
Fri 16 Jul 2004 11:39:52 AM UTCokujiStatusNone=>Wont Fix
  Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
Thu 15 Jul 2004 08:14:09 PM UTCegmontAttached File-=>Added vga-80-columns.patch, #1496

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