[Debian-eeepc-devel] eeepc-acpi-scripts + console + gnu screen ↦ staircase effect

[Trent W. Buck]

Damyan Ivanov <dmn at debian.org> writes:

> -=| Trent W. Buck, Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 12:52:01AM +1000 |=-
>> My normal work environment is Emacs in GNU Screen on the fbcon.  When I
>> hit e.g. Fn+F11 (the "raise volume" hotkey), eeepc-acpi-scripts writes
>> output (the new volume) to /dev/console.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, doing this in quick succession (e.g. cycling through SHE
>> states) results in a "staircase" effect.  How do I prevent that?
>> 
>> Curiously, output from the kernel (e.g. from plugging in a USB key) does
>> NOT have the staircase effect.
>
> What is a "staircase effect"?

It's where the receiver expects a ^M but the sender doesn't send one:

Starting foo... done
                    Starting bar... done
                                        Starting baz... done

Instead of:

Starting foo... done
Starting bar... done
Starting baz... done