Bug 960873 - Free cursor movement on virtual text terminals
Summary: Free cursor movement on virtual text terminals
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 969458
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: util-linux
Version: 19
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Karel Zak
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-05-08 08:39 UTC by Vadim Raskhozhev
Modified: 2013-07-29 17:14 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-07-29 17:14:10 UTC
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Description Vadim Raskhozhev 2013-05-08 08:39:04 UTC 
Description of problem: It is possible to move cursor anywhere on virtual text terminal.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
agetty from util-linux-2.23-1.fc19.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Switch to text terminal from X with Ctrl+Alt+F2.
2. Press, for example, Up, Up, Backspace.
  
Actual results:
Cursor goes 2 lines up and deletes symbols left to it.

Expected results:
Something like ^[[A^[

Additional info:
This is reproducible on any text console (Ctrl+Alt+F3,4,...), not only the first.
This is also reproducible on F-18
Comment 1 Karel Zak 2013-07-29 17:14:10 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 969458 ***
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