Re: Adding kmscon to terminfo database.

On 07/06/2026 16:30, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 05, 2026 at 11:30:16PM +0200, Jocelyn Falempe wrote:
>> On 05/06/2026 22:13, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 03, 2026 at 09:15:11AM +0200, Jocelyn Falempe wrote:
>>>> On 03/06/2026 00:36, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 04:05:47PM +0200, Jocelyn Falempe wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm the current maintainer of kmscon, a linux userspace terminal, that aims
>>>>>> to replace fbcon.
>>>>>> It should be the default in the upcoming Fedora 45 release.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks (I don't see it as default in rawhide -- when might that happen?)
>>>>
>>>> It just got merged last night:
>>>> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/redhat-systemd-presets/pull-request/3
>>>
>>> I see redhat-systemd-presets-102-2.fc45.noarch in my updated rawhide machine,
>>> the kmscon package is dropped from the list (and the console is still "linux").
>>>
>>
>> Yes the preset is applied on new installation, if you are updating an
>> existing rawhide install, it will stay on fbcon.
>>
>> to enable kmscon, you need to run this:
>>
>> sudo ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
>> /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]
>>
>> sudo systemctl restart kmsconvt@tty3
> 
> I did that, but still had to enable the service.
> 
> That let me test it, and complete the terminal description.
> 
> I made these changes (mine on the left):
> 
> comparing kmscon to kmscon.
> 	xenl: T, F.
> 	cbt: '\E[Z', -.
> 	flash: '\E[?5h$<200/>\E[?5l', -.
> 	ich1: '\E[@', -.
> 	kLFT: '\E[1;2D', -.
> 	kRIT: '\E[1;2C', -.
> 	kbs: '^?', '^H'.
> 	kcbt: '\E[Z', -.
> 	kf13: '\E[25~', -.
> 	kf14: '\E[26~', -.
> 	kf15: '\E[28~', -.
> 	kf16: '\E[29~', -.
> 	kf17: '\E[31~', -.
> 	kf18: '\E[32~', -.
> 	kf19: '\E[33~', -.
> 	kf20: '\E[34~', -.
> 	kf21: '\E[23;2~', -.
> 	kf22: '\E[24;2~', -.
> 	kmous: '\E[M', -.
> 	u6: '\E[%i%d;%dR', -.
> 	u7: '\E[6n', -.
> 	u8: '\E[?%[;0123456789]c', -.
> 	u9: '\E[c', -.
> 	RV: '\E[>c', -.
> 	ch1: -, '\E[@'.
> 	rv: '\E\\[>[0-9]+;[0-9]+;[0-9]+c', -.
> 

Thanks for taking time to test, and fix the terminfo file for kmscon.
I will update the one in kmscon with your fixes.

> However, in testing, the console froze more than once, necessitating a reboot.
> I noted one of the freezes for vttest; the other was in rendering Unicode
> around U+8000.

Hum ok, I will see if I can reproduce it.
If you find bugs, don't hesitate to open an issue in kmscon [1] or 
libtsm [2] directly.


> 
> (also, I saw flash working -- once -- and not later: a bug)

flash and blink are not implemented, so I'm more surprised that it did 
work once.

-- 

Jocelyn