diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index dfa6c67c..1d0f3882 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ byobu (3.35) unreleased; urgency=low
     - preserve this choice
   * usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys: LP: #776740
     - improve alt-pgup / alt-pgdown
+  * usr/share/byobu/profiles/common: LP: #776742
+    - disable xterm/gnome-terminal's scrollback buffer
+    - it seems we should be able to do this, at this point since byobu
+      now has keybindings for alt-pgup and alt-pgdn
+    - note that this commit does, however, revert the fix for an older bug
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 03 May 2011 12:11:10 -0500
 
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/common b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/common
index 509e6cb6..723f769b 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/common
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/common
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ backtick 137 	23	23		byobu-status time_binary
 
 hardstatus alwayslastline
 
-# Turns off alternate screen switching in xterms,
-# so that text in screen will go into the xterm's scrollback buffer:
-termcapinfo xterm* ti@:te@
+# The following line would turn off alternate screen switching in xterms,
+# so that text in screen will go into the xterm's scrollback buffer.
+# However, we are disabling this at this point, since byobu's
+# alt-pgup and alt-pgdn keybindings now exist.
+#termcapinfo xterm* ti@:te@
 altscreen on
 
 # Enable 256 color terminal