gnome-system-log: cannot read when scrolled-back
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-utils (Ubuntu) |
New
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-utils
I am trying to read earlier entries in the kern.log or the syslog so I use the scroll bar on the text view to attempt to scroll back but I am constantly thwarted by gnome-system-log scrolling to the tail of the file because a new line was added to the log. gnome-system-log does this even WHILE I am dragging the scroll elevator up attempting to view earlier entries in the log!
I appreciate the value of automatically scrolling to the tail of the log when a new entry is added. But doing so when the user is attempting to scroll back to read earlier entries is thwarting the user's use of the scroll bar.
I suggest that if the user has scrolled back to view earlier entries in the log, gnome-system-log should suspend it's "scroll to tail when new entries added" behavior until the user has scrolled to the end of the log again.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-system-log 2.31.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: c895e55d2d32741
CheckboxSystem: 2954e74ba17fb0e
Date: Fri Apr 1 22:06:27 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-utils
| Gablewatts (gablewatts) wrote | #1 |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in gnome-utils (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| bojojo@orange.fr (bojojo-orange) wrote | #3 |
| H@nsie (h-nsie) wrote Hi dear! | #5 |
Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https:/