Bug 325558

Summary:	Syslog viewport jumps to the end with the oldest entries on refreshing
Product:	[Applications] KSystemLog	Reporter:	Martin Ueding <mu>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Nicolas Ternisien <nicolas.ternisien>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	dan, kde-j, signupemail
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	0.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Martin Ueding 2013-10-02 17:56:45 UTC

When I watch the syslog in ksystemlog, the viewport jumps to the oldest entries on refreshing, regardless of the sorting of the date column. If I have it from old to new, it jumps to the top, if I have it new to old, it jumps to the bottom.

This is really annoying since I cannot watch the log. I use `tail -f /var/log/syslog` for now.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Sort by date in any direction
2. Scroll to the newest entries
3. Wait for syslog to update
Actual Results:  
It jumps to the wrong end.

Expected Results:  
I would like it to stay at the newest entries.

KDE 4.10.5, Kubuntu packages.

Comment 1 Dan O. 2014-07-11 16:49:44 UTC

I realize that this bug is almost a year old.

I'm currently in KDE Dev Platform 4.13.2 under Gentoo, and KSystemLog is still version .4. I still have this exact problem, though it's not as reproducible. I'd say it happens about 90% of the time a log updates, it can be absolutely any log not just syslog. Refreshing the view brings me back to the newest entries, but it'll jump back to the oldest shortly after.

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2014-08-22 13:19:04 UTC

*** Bug 338475 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 signupemail 2018-07-29 06:16:43 UTC

I have this problem too. It rather defeats the purpose of the log viewer.

Mint 19 Cinnamon (based on Ubuntu Bionic). Ksystemlog 17.12.3

Comment 4 signupemail 2018-10-27 17:08:01 UTC

For the sake of the Linux ecosystem, this seemingly gross and elementary bug should be fixed. For, it renders the program all but unuseable and the alternative log viewers are terrible.