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#! rnews 2044 sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!univ-lyon1.fr!news-rocq.inria.fr!news2.EUnet.fr!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!newshost.marcam.com!usc!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!genmagic!bug.rahul.net!a2i!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!chilton!chris From: chris@vindaloo.com (Christopher Sean Hilton) Subject: Re: terminal problem Organization: Vindaloo communications Message-ID: <1995Aug10.121246.1970@vindaloo.com> References: <3vvq4i$sa5@abac.au.ac.th> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 95 12:12:46 GMT Lines: 35 In article <3vvq4i$sa5@abac.au.ac.th>, Panaya R. <u3525850@au1.au.ac.th> wrote: >Hi... > I just installed 2.1.0-950726-SNAP last night. I have a problem, >when I use it to slip to my provider (Solaris), I found problem when run >a curses-based apps, such as irc or talk. For irc, it can clear screen, >the status is in correct place, but it won't scroll up, it stucks at >the bottommost line of the scroll region. For talk it works ok, until >I type ctrl-L for refresh screen, after refreshed, I typed more.. >then it will beyond the boundary of the window. Any hint? > > >Note: I use cons25 at FreeBSD, and vt100 at sun. When I changed to vt100 > it still have same problem > The machine used to installed Linux and NetBSD, it didn't have >this problem. > It seems as though your TERM environment variable is set wrong. The syscons driver isn't a vt100 emulation even though they share some command sequences in common. Try seeing if your ISP supports the cons25 type on his machines. If not then see if "ibmpc3" works. This is the termcap name of the old BSDI console and it works pretty good at my provider. You could also try to convince your provider to run FreeBSD 8-). My provider is switching over and it makes my life very easy. C. -- -- Chris Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> -+- For PGP Key: finger chilton@mcs.net Officer: We've analyzed their attack, sir, and there is a danger. Should