[ale] Ubuntu 21.10 Released

[Jim Kinney]

Wouldn't the mouse buffer have to connect to stdin? So a bash pointer will have to change from keyboard socket to mouse on interrupt request from the mouse.

On October 21, 2021 7:04:57 AM EDT, Scott Plante via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>Would that be bash or the terminal GUI program? I don't believe bash
>itself
>knows if you're pasting or just typing fast. I bring it up because if
>it
>bothers you, you could look in the GUI settings, or try a different
>terminal program.
>Scott
>
>On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 5:47 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>> Don't like the sound of that bash change even though I understand the
>> automatic enter is a operational security issue. I use it
>deliberately when
>> doing repetitive entries. Yet I have also run something that needed
>editing
>> because I also picked up the line end.
>>
>> On October 16, 2021 10:07:01 AM EDT, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> However, if you plan to use ZFS with it, there is a data corruption
>warning in the release notes here:
>https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/impish-indri-release-notes/21951
>>>
>>> Quote:
>>> Linux kernel
>>>
>>>     The version of the ZFS driver included in the 5.13.0-19 kernel
>contains a bug that can result in filesystem corruption. Users of ZFS
>are advised to wait until the first Stable Release Update of the kernel
>in 21.10 before upgrading.
>>>
>>> End Quote
>>>
>>> I installed the full Gnome4 DE version (with Canonical Gnome layers
>to make it less weird like Gnome4 stock) and found most things worked
>well.  They are still pushing snap packages and even more are part of
>the base install. Wayland worked, but I haven't checked whether it
>works with more important packages that I need which have kept me on
>xorg.  Spice works into VMs, if they are physically on the same system.
>I've been unable to connect via Spice to a VM over the LAN, but don't
>know what the root cause could be, yet.
>>>
>>> The install into a VM took just 8 minutes. The only non-standard
>thing I selected was LVM+ext4. There were a few VM display issues
>around reboot and startup. Seems some key event is needed to get the
>screen to display anything. I waited a minute for shutdown only to find
>it was showing a black screen waiting for a key to be pressed. That
>could have been my VM display setup.
>>>
>>> There's a new release of bash which has a paste behavior I don't
>like. Saw that on 21.04 as well. The fix has other implications that
>are worse.  Basically, a paste will not send the <enter> when a full
>line is part of the buffer. It inserts text and goes into edit mode.
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