Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 09:51:00 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Rainer M Duffner <Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de>, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Raul Ocampo <spud@ibahn.net> Subject: Re: Telnet Message-ID: <19980808095100.J14475@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Marcel-1.46-0807065156-d07Zsav@duffner.konstanz.netsurf.de>; from Rainer M Duffner on Fri, Aug 07, 1998 at 08:51:56AM %2B0200 References: <19980807121630.14329@welearn.com.au> <Marcel-1.46-0807065156-d07Zsav@duffner.konstanz.netsurf.de>
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On Friday, 7 August 1998 at 8:51:56 +0200, Rainer M Duffner wrote: > On Fri 07 Aug, Sue Blake wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 07, 1998 at 09:51:10AM +0800, Raul Ocampo wrote: >>> >>> hello, >>> >>> I'm a new user to FreeBsd. >>> I'm trying to telnet from my FreeBsd box to >>> a linux box, it does not seem to work whenever i'm in >>> text mode. But when I'm in X it works. >>> What is the problem here ? >>> >>> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> I'm forwarding this to freebsd-questions where you'll get a "right" >> answer, and adding info about my newbie workaround :-) >> >> I simply installed the screen package, and run 'screen' before >> 'telnet linux.host.name'. It is easy and works very well. > > I know this is not -questions, You could have fooled me. > but I though that 'screen' just added multiple (virtual) consoles > under a single connection, e.g. while using a shell-account. Correct. >> No doubt others will offer more technical solutions which you could >> try too. > > Using X or not should not make a difference at all, IMHO ! Agreed. But there's something here which appears to make a difference. We'll have to wait for a reply before finding out. > *All* internet-related services (inetd...) are started at boot-time and > are available then. These are the servers. We're talking about the telnet client here, which will run even if all the local servers (telnetd or inetd) are down. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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