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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!MathWorks.Com!panix!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!cs.ubc.ca!anvil.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca!not-for-mail From: h5h1@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Markus Meister) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Terminal setup problem (I think) Date: 12 Sep 1994 21:10:23 -0700 Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 43 Message-ID: <3538nfINNj5s@anvil.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: anvil.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca Hi everyone. This is about FreeBSD 1.5.1.1, after moving /usr to a different hard drive. I posted a message about this a while ago but since I didn't get any reply, I'm trying again. The problem is that there is something wrong with my terminal setup. As an example, here's what happens when I use ex: (command: ex /etc/rc) (after issuing the command, I just press enter a few times to display the lines of the file one at a time) # $Id: rc,v 1.27 1994/06/06 17:45:37 phk Exp $ # $Id: rc,v 1.27 1994/06/06 17:45:37 phk Exp $ # From: @(#)rc 5.27 (Berkeley) 6/5/91 # From: @(#)rc 5.27 (Berkeley) 6/5/91 # System startup script run by init on autoboot # System startup script run by init on autoboot # or after single-user. # or after single-user. # Output and error are redirected to console by init, # Output and error are redirected to console by init, # and the console is the controlling terminal. # and the console is the controlling terminal. you will notice how every line is doubled. Also, when I enter a q to quit ex, the screen sort of clears then looks just like before I ran ex (except for the prompt where the command to start it is printed (where I typed it)). The screen also clears as ex starts. Now this screen clearing business only happnes when I do it in an xterm, but the lien doubling is still there when I do it in, well, 'text mode'. There are some other times when the problem occurs, but these are the most common effects. (in an xterm, the screen clearing also sometimes happend after a 'man' command, and alqays after a 'man -k'). Please reply through email, I think there are some problems with our news server. Regards, Markus