Bug#586953: quits command line mode when holding down arrow keys

[Jörg Sommer]

Package: grub-ieee1275
Version: 1.98+20100617-1
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream

Hi,

when switch to the editing mode or the commandline mode from the menu and
hold down an arrow key, e.g. right arrow to move to the end of line, the
editing mode quits and I'm back to the menu.

To me it looks like the arrow keys send multi‐character sequences
starting with an escape character. The escape character is used to leave
the editing mode, hence the escape is misinterpreted when the key is held
down.

Bye, Jörg.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: unstable/experimental
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (700, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.34
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-ieee1275 depends on:
ii  bc                       1.06.95-2       The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.32          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.98+20100617-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  powerpc-ibm-utils        1.1.0-1         utilities for maintenance of IBM P
ii  powerpc-utils            1.1.3-24        Various utilities for Linux/PowerP
ii  ucf                      3.0025          Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-ieee1275 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-ieee1275 suggests:
ii  genisoimage                   9:1.1.10-1 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem
pn  os-prober                     <none>     (no description available)

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