From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 12:21:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CE4416A4CE for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:21:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from saturn.criticalmagic.com (saturn.criticalmagic.com [68.213.16.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ABE743D58 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:21:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from richardcoleman@mindspring.com) Received: from mindspring.com (titan.criticalmagic.com [68.213.16.23]) by saturn.criticalmagic.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBA143BD2A; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:21:14 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3FE7524C.6030909@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:21:32 -0500 From: Richard Coleman Organization: Critical Magic, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Phillips, Paul" References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial port flaky when using vi - Netra 1 T 105 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: richardcoleman@mindspring.com List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:21:17 -0000 Phillips, Paul wrote: > I have been installing FreeBSD 5.2 beta on a Netra T1 105. This is a > headless server, and I am using a Mac Powerbook running Zterm as a > VT100 terminal emulator. The settings on Zterm are 8-N-1. > > In the past, I have used Zterm on this Netra to install Solaris with > no troubles. > > The actual booting up and install works fine. However, post install, > when I am running the console through the serial port, and attempt to > use vi as an editor, it becomes very flaky. The h, j, k, and l keys > do not work to move the cursor. The down and up arrow keys do work, > but only if I move them VERY slowly. When I use the left and right > arrow keys, it starts to write over the line that I am moving over > with different text from somewhere else in the file. > > Very strange. This makes editing from the serial port virtually > impossible. Luckily, I can get it installed, then ssh in and do the > edits. > > Anyone have any ideas? Thanks Paul Phillips I also have a Netra T1 105. I install over serial using minicom (from a laptop running NetBSD). Minicom has a default terminal type of vt102. After I've installed the new kernel and rebooted into single user mode, the first thing I do is "TERM=vt102; export TERM". This cleans up some of the problems. I'm able to use vim at this point. But when mergemaster runs the pager on a big diff, the terminal still gets really screwed up. It makes it difficult to see what I'm doing. So to counteract this, I also type the command "PAGER=/bin/cat; export PAGER" before running mergemaster. Although I can't page through big diffs any longer, I can still read the screen enough to finish my install. I always thought it was a minicom problem, so I never said anything. But it sounds like something else is broken. Richard Coleman richardcoleman@mindspring.com