Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 11:11:45 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Matthew Hayton <mhayton@watt.ee.vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: term probs Message-ID: <19971012111145.18206@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.971011211415.17238A-100000@watt.ee.vt.edu>; from Matthew Hayton on Sat, Oct 11, 1997 at 09:24:15PM -0400 References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.971011211415.17238A-100000@watt.ee.vt.edu>
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On Sat, Oct 11, 1997 at 09:24:15PM -0400, Matthew Hayton wrote:
> I recently installed FreeBSD-2.2.2 Release and am having problems
> with the terminal type. For example, in order to connect to by friend's
> linux box, i have to redefine the term type ('env def TERM vt100') under
> telnet, otherwise the connection is refused.
Really? That sounds like a bug to me.
> When connecting to my school's sun workstations, applications like
> pine, fail to page text properly (the very last line on the screen
> is the only thing that changes).
>
> I've tried setting my term type from cons25 to vt100, however when
> I do this, `clear` clears the screen but leaves the prompt in the middle
> of the screen after it has been cleared. I've also tried using vt200, but
> again connecting hosts don't seem to recognize this type and some
> applications like vi and pine act wierd.
> So, if anybody has any ideas or suggestions on what I could do to
> correct this, I'd appreciate it.
I believe that term type ansi is closer to cons25. Try that and see
what happens.
Greg
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