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Date:      Thu, 16 Nov 2000 17:14:26 +0300
From:      Igor Robul <igor@raduga.dyndns.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: telnet/terminal erratic behavior
Message-ID:  <20001116171426.B23663@linux.rainbow>
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 %2B0000
References:  <20001116135231.A93496@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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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


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