From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 16 6:14:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from srcso.globis.ru (globis.ru [212.248.80.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4003637B4CF for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 06:14:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from raduga.dyndns.org (raduga.sochi.net [212.248.82.76]) by srcso.globis.ru (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA42386 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 17:39:09 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from igor@raduga.dyndns.org) Received: (from igor@localhost) by raduga.dyndns.org (8.10.1/8.10.0) id eAGEEQL23728 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 17:14:26 +0300 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 17:14:26 +0300 From: Igor Robul To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet/terminal erratic behavior Message-ID: <20001116171426.B23663@linux.rainbow> Reply-To: igorr@crosswinds.net Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20001116135231.A93496@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i In-Reply-To: <20001116135231.A93496@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 01:52:31PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 01:52:31PM +0000, j mckitrick wrote: > using a cons25, xterm, or vt100 terminal from my bsd box, I have a nightmare > editing anything. My cursor and page navigation keys send errant characters > that ruin the text. They open insert lines in vi and add capital A, B, C, > and D I think. It is almost useless. The cons25 is worse, and the cursor > keys do not work at all. Since teraterm works fine, there must be something > I can do. Any ideas? Connect with teraterm. Then do 'echo $TERM' Then find way to emulate this term with FreeBSD. _OR_ connect to SunOS host, then use correct terminal type. For example for xterm say in shell: setenv TERM xterm -- Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", Sochi, Russia http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message