Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 22:13:42 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Fosburgh <jef53313@Bayou.UH.EDU> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Rainer M Duffner <Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de>, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Raul Ocampo <spud@ibahn.net> Subject: Re: Telnet Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.980807221138.4047A-100000@Bayou.UH.EDU> In-Reply-To: <19980808095100.J14475@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, Greg Lehey wrote:
> 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
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Is your command prompt using the cons25 terminal? I seem to recall linux
not knowing this type and rejecting connections. Your xterm will use,
well, xterm, and screen is probly a vt100 or later.
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