From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 7 17:21:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA27256 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 17:21:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA27215 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 17:21:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA02396; Sat, 8 Aug 1998 09:51:04 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id JAA19787; Sat, 8 Aug 1998 09:51:01 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980808095100.J14475@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 09:51:00 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Rainer M Duffner , Sue Blake Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Raul Ocampo Subject: Re: Telnet References: <19980807121630.14329@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Rainer M Duffner on Fri, Aug 07, 1998 at 08:51:56AM +0200 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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