[gpm]Re: gpm 1.19.4 X Raw Hide version

Alessandro Rubini rubini@gnu.org
Thu, 4 Oct 2001 10:21:18 +0200


>> If console is serial with a kernel option,
>> gpm prints garbage to the console and loops."
> 
> That's not good :)
> 
> 1.) But if I understood it right, the problem is the following:
> If there is a serial console we may not write on it the normal way.
> --> either we should ignore it
> --> or we need to write to it in a way it's usable.

You should not pretend to cut text from the screen at the other hand
of the serial cable.
Or did I misunderstand the issue?

BTW: I'm not dealing with Frederic's comments. I'll leave them to the
maintainer :)