From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 30 16:04:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 315CF16A4CE for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:04:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE50E43D4C for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:04:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i9UG4IaR037367 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 30 Oct 2004 17:04:18 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)i9UG4ISP037366; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 17:04:18 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 17:04:18 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Gary Aitken Message-ID: <20041030160418.GA37276@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Gary Aitken , questions@freebsd.org References: <4183B27D.4040505@Dreamchaser.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4183B27D.4040505@Dreamchaser.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sat, 30 Oct 2004 17:04:18 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040904, clamav-milter version 0.75l on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: oops... sysinstall from X X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:04:28 -0000 --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 09:25:49AM -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: > I made the mistake of trying to build and install the gimp port from an > xterm. When I came back to it, it had started sysinstall to configure > the ghostscript driver. Sysinstall looks great in an xterm, but > unfortunately keystrokes aren't mapped in a manner which works. e.g. > The down arrow is echoed as "^[0B", and while normal characters such as > 'x' and space are echoed properly, the sysinstall program apparently > isn't seeing them -- the characters are simply echoed over (replacing) > the text sysinstall has painted on the display, instead of "doing the > right thing" such as selecting / deselecting the current item. >=20 > Is there some simple way out of this? > I've still got the xterm up and would like to finish this install. > Or should I just kill it, exit X, and try make from a normal vty? That's not sysinstall -- it just uses the same SLANG libraries as sysinstall does. Even in an X-term, the navigation should work with the arrow keys, but failing that, hitting tab should let you cycle through all of the options. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBg7uCiD657aJF7eIRAhPfAJwJzFPJyypWCU0THQ49+gSlaAS3rACeLgI4 n/sXeTof9OPaaTB+jZ+DAM4= =cHy0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV--