Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 22:59:24 +0200 From: Martin Schweizer <pcservice.schweizer@spectraweb.ch> To: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> Cc: Martin Schweizer <info@pc-service.ch>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Telnet Message-ID: <20010802225924.A1023@pc-service.ch> In-Reply-To: <3B69581D.B40756E@mitre.org>; from jandrese@mitre.org on Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 09:39:41AM -0400 References: <3B3A719B@webmail.swiss-web.com> <3B69581D.B40756E@mitre.org>
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On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 09:39:41AM -0400 Jason Andresen wrote: Hello Jason > > >===== Original Message From Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> ===== > > >> I would connect to my shell machine at otaku.freeshell.org. If I use telnet > > >> from Win9x/WinNT/Win2k I've no problem to access. If I use telnet from > > >> FreeBSD4.3 I can't correct steering my shell (some keys won't functions). I > > >> changed also the TERM variable to vt100 without success (in this case the > > >> command line from FreeBSD ist verry strange). What I doing wrong? > > >> Thank you in advance. > > > > >How are you using telnet from the FreeBSD machine? Are you on the > > >console > > ... at the console > > > > >or are you in an xterm? > > ... no, perhaps later > > > > The PC Console isn't a very good VT100 > > >emulator, > > >you need to use a mode like "pc-cons" or "pc-ansi" or "ansi" or "cons25" > > >or "pccons" or whatever the remote system actually has for PC consoles. > > In default FreeBSD uses cons25. If I use TERM=vt100 then I can not use all > > keys and the screen has some strange caracters. > > >XTerms in general are halfway decent VT100 emulators, but using "xterm" > > >is even better. > > I will test it. I test all the above terms with no success (results was allways the same)! I test it also in KDE2 (xterm). There it was much more better then under the console. How can resovle this? If you would I can e-mail you off-topic my account information at otaku.freeshell.org. > > >Windows telnet is a terrible emulator, but if you consider it to work > > >with > > >"no problems" as a vt100 terminal, then you should have no problem > > >getting > > >equivelent functionality out of FreeBSD with the right term variable. > > Which is your prefered TERM variable for telnet access? > > Unfortunatly it takes a bit of experimentation if the remote system is > not > FreeBSD based. > > If it is a FreeBSD system, try setting TERM to whatever the local > terminal > is set for (assuming all of the keys work on the local terminal). -- Regards Martin <info@pc-service.ch> PC-Service M. Schweizer; Gewerbehaus Schwarz; CH-8608 Bubikon Tel. +41 55 243 30 00; Fax: +41 55 243 33 22; http://www.pc-service.ch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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