From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Lhl09-00072p-Na for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:31:09 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lhl07-000708-OH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:31:07 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lhl02-0006uc-K8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:31:06 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47239 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lhl02-0006uQ-6s for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:31:02 -0400 Received: from elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.67]:59744) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lhl01-0006j2-Oo for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:31:01 -0400 Received: from [24.148.247.139] (helo=[192.168.0.199]) by elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Lhkzy-0003ir-OC for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:30:58 -0400 Message-ID: <49B90F5B.2020602@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:34:19 -0400 From: BandiPat Organization: Magic Page Products User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <498E15D0.4090101@gmail.com> <498E9C26.40407@nic.fi> <49B7CC78.405@earthlink.net> <20090311211005.GB29956@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20090311211005.GB29956@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: c85a64c14a050764b95206241ab561599ef193a6bfc3dd4833a407ffd878ed6628daa61e14cc17f6c9b5e52464f59f68350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.148.247.139 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 Subject: Re: [Bugfix] Characters disappearing in gfxterm X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:31:08 -0000 Robert Millan wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:36:40AM -0400, BandiPat wrote: >> Has there been any further work done on the disappearing characters in >> gfxterm? I know you guys had looked at it, but the last word was it was >> not fixed yet. I understand it's not a priority, but a fix would help >> in me getting the devs for Zenwalk to approve it's use in the next >> release version. >> >> Also, do you intend to release another stable version soon? As I watch >> the progress of Grub2, I continue to see a good program get even better, >> so using svn is fine for me! You've added so much since the 1.96 >> release though, it just seems another stable release is past due. >> Continue the great work you're doing though, as good software never >> truly gets finished! > > Perhaps you could help by doing a regression check and telling us which > commit introduced this problem? > > (there's a "svn-bisect" program in subversion-tools you can use) > ======= Robert, Since this topic was originally brought to the attention of the devs by one of the devs, I think I'll leave the "bisecting" to you guys. I believe either Vesa or phcoder found the problem and offered a fix, so one of those guys may be able to give you a bit more detail than I could. Thanks, Pat -- ---Zenwalk v6.0--Linux 2.6.28--- Registered Linux User #225206 "Ever tried Zen computing?" http://www.zenwalk.org