Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 13:22:24 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: craigs@os.com (Craig Shrimpton) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Annoying console (I want it like Linux) Message-ID: <199511282022.NAA21960@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199511280436.XAA09196@solar.os.com> from "Craig Shrimpton" at Nov 27, 95 11:36:50 pm
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> Perhaps someone can direct me to the proper terminal type to avoid some > annoying behaviour. When I telnet to a remote box to read mail, executing > Pine will reverse my console. I.e. black letters, white background. I have > to execute colorls to reset it. This does not happen when I telnet to the > mail machine from my Linux box. What is the correct TERM setting for > FreeBSD 2.1.0's console to act like a Linux console. > > The default console (Con25) is fine for local work but not so good when > telnetting. (except to another FreeBSD box) Attribute and color state are not maintained seperately. This is a known bug in the ANSI emulation (I've disassembled both VTxxx and the SCO and i386 UNIX console drivers before). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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