Bug 172386 - [syscons] [request] syscons(4) support for mouse scroll wheel (a la xterm)
Summary: [syscons] [request] syscons(4) support for mouse scroll wheel (a la xterm)
Status: Open
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: kern (show other bugs)
Version: 8.3-RELEASE
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody)
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Reported: 2012-10-06 10:50 UTC by Ronald F. Guilmette
Modified: 2018-05-20 23:54 UTC (History)
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Description Ronald F. Guilmette 2012-10-06 10:50:03 UTC 
The man page for syscons(4) makes clear that the console driver already has
the capability to ``scroll'' the text of the currently selected virtual
console forward and backwards.  It does this via a combination of the
ScrollLock key and then the PageUp/PageDown or Up/Down arrow keys.

It would be Nice if the console driver could also be induced to perform
line-by-line up/down scrolling via the scroll wheel on a wheeled mouse,
as in an xterm window under X.

Fix: 

Sorry, I do not have patches to propose at this time.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
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Comment 1 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2012-10-06 20:39:12 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->suspended

mark suspended awaiting patches.
Comment 2 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-05-20 23:54:02 UTC 
For bugs matching the following conditions:
- Status == In Progress
- Assignee == "bugs@FreeBSD.org"
- Last Modified Year <= 2017

Do
- Set Status to "Open"