From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 5 08:43:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA15905 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 08:43:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA15868 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 08:43:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA04502; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 11:32:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199806051532.LAA04502@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: Virtual TTY setup In-Reply-To: <000301bd9042$2b5b7fe0$0201a8c0@ekke.home.computer-solutions.ab.ca> from Ekke Loo at "Jun 4, 98 11:24:10 pm" To: ekke@computer-solutions.ab.ca (Ekke Loo) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 11:32:19 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ekke Loo wrote: [Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > Hi, > > I am an admitted newbie to the FreeBSD world. I want to be able to set up my > telnet terminals so that my cursor keys will work in VI and such. What is > the configuration i have to do on the FreeBSD box to make it ANSI terminal > compatible when i log in. What you want to end up with is the TERM variable in environment to indicate the proper terminal type. This should happen by magic. Try it telnetting doing any setup, in other words. See what happens. If you're having a specific problem, let's see the specifics, like: "I'm telnetting from the console of a Dyno-Blaster Mark 45, running DynNucks 55.4 (a SVR2 clone), to a FreeBSD system running 2.2.6. After logging in, the command "tset - " says "dynocons", but the arrow keys cause acrid greasy smoke to billow from the Dyno-Blaster's monitor." Problems can arise on either host. The TERM variable should be set on both the host doing the telnet, and on the host receiving the telnet. The TERM variable is set with the command "set term=NAME_OF_TERMINAL" in csh or "export TERM=NAME_OF_TERMINAL" on Bourne shells. (sh, ksh, bash). Dave -- DISCLAIMER: If it can be disclaimed, it is. DISCLAIMER: In particular, I don't represent any organization. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message