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Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI)

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On Sat 12 Sep 2020 at 21:45:34 (+1000), David wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 at 05:18, Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Greg Wooledge composed on 2020-09-11 11:42 (UTC-0400):
> > > I only mention it because once in a while, someone sees something like
> > > it and freaks out, thinking the computer is locked up or whatever.  They
> > > don't realize they can just hit the Enter key and get a fresh login
> > > prompt, and all is fine.
> >
> > I have too many installations to keep track of which exhibit this nuisance or not,
> > but I'm guessing most if not all Buster and Bullseye do it, and maybe even Stretch
> > & Jessie, which I'm rarely booting any more.
> 
> And regarding "just hit the enter key ... and all is fine", this
> behaviour does not just occur at a login prompt. If you login quickly
> as root to a minimal install as I often do, this behaviour occurs
> during root console use, and if one is half-way through typing a
> command which suddenly disappears from view, pressing enter could be a
> recipe for disaster.
> 
> (eg dd before I have added the count= parameter).
> 
> So my habit when it occurs has become to: ctrl-u, enter, ctrl-y.

I use a different technique when I type commands that I consider
"dangerous" (and dd is always that):

I type the command starting with # and, when I've finished,
double-check it. Then I press <Return>, recall it with ↑, and
press <Home>, <Space>, <Delete>, <Return> to execute it, which
also avoids the unprotected line ending up in the history stack.

> Between that and kernel messages barfing into the terminal text, it's
> a pretty shitty user-experience that is embarrassing when observed by
> users of any other OS.

(FWIW I've always expected a VC to behave like a console.)

Cheers,
David.

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how to remove GUI "Michael Morgan" <michaelmorgan937@gmail.com> - 2020-09-11 06:40 +0200
  Re: how to remove GUI Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-11 08:40 +0200
    Re: how to remove GUI Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-11 08:40 +0200
  Re: how to remove GUI Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-09-11 10:10 +0200
  Re: how to remove GUI Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2020-09-11 14:00 +0200
    Re: how to remove GUI Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2020-09-11 15:10 +0200
      Re: how to remove GUI Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-09-11 16:40 +0200
        Re: how to remove GUI David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-11 17:40 +0200
          Re: how to remove GUI Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-09-11 17:50 +0200
            Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI) Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2020-09-11 21:20 +0200
              Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-12 04:10 +0200
              Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI) David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-09-12 13:50 +0200
                Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-14 04:20 +0200
                Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI) Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-09-14 14:00 +0200
                Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI) David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-09-21 04:20 +0200
                Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-21 16:40 +0200
          Re: how to remove GUI Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-12 11:50 +0200
  Re: how to remove GUI Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-09-11 14:00 +0200
    Re: how to remove GUI rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-09-11 14:40 +0200

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