Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 03:27:05 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Dan Trainor <dan@ript.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Couple of small Newbie questions? Message-ID: <20020302012705.GA7365@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <003f01c1c187$404bf4f0$0a00a8c0@broken> References: <20020301222706.GF360@hades.hell.gr> <003f01c1c187$404bf4f0$0a00a8c0@broken>
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On 2002-03-01 18:11, Dan Trainor wrote:
> On 2002-03-01 03:27 PM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > On 2002-02-28 00:04, Dan Trainor wrote:
> > > Just some more questions...
> > >
> > > Right now, I'm using the "linux" terminal option in my shell, which is
> > > bash. Although it gives me what I am looking for, and what I am used to
> > > 9from linux) in an ssh session, it basically blows up when I am
> > > physically at the computer. I've tried different terminals; xterm,
> > > xterm-color, etc etc. Which would consistently give me a) color in my
> > > dir listings, and b) the ability to use the delete/backspace keys as
> > > they're meant (under some terminals, I guess they have different
> > > mappings). I'm really tired, so maybe I'm not as clear as I meant to
> > > be. I'm sure that someone has experienced the same situation, and I am
> > > looking for the help of those who have.
> >
> > Correct me, if I'm wrong...
> >
> > Are you using the 'linux' terminal type on one of the FreeBSD consoles?
>
> I am. It's the only one that I have found, that would give me the said
> options. Any ideas? Thanks..
Don't set your TERM environment variable to 'linux' when sitting on a
FreeBSD console. The default 'cons25' terminal type is the correct one,
and it can display colors. The backspace/delete issue can easily be solved
with stty(1).
You should really providing more information on what you 're trying to do.
From your initial posting, I couldn't make much. You mention xterm,
xterm-color, and linux terminals. Then you reply 'yes' when I ask "are you
using 'linux' on the console"?
I'm confused. What are you trying to do? And most importantly.. how?
Be as detailed as you can.
PS: When responses are not top-posted (inserted at the top of the existing
message text) please do not start top-posting yourself. It's easier to
read the context of a reply when the text of the reply is "after" the
quoted text.
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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