Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:07:36 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Loren Schooley <rewa@flash.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dial-in login Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980123130638.8161l-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980121170042.46183@flash.net>
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On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Loren Schooley wrote: > Hello, > I normaly telnet to a remote machine and loginyadayadayada but > I have been having to dial into the box now instead. With what program? > After dialing in, everything is normal until I try using vi, where upon thingis > go wack. I set in KSH export DISPLAY=vt100, and thing get a little better, but no editor or lynx won't work properly, as in they scramble and lock up once started. Also I have reset my stty erase. > > Question is, does the incoming modem call go thru some weird profile and > I lack permissions or what----- Your terminal program has crappy terminal emulation. > What I mean is, what is different about logging in telnet(SSH) or > dialing in thru a modem? What the terminal's capabilites are. Over telnet, you're using telnet's emulation, which is pretty good vt100. Over dialup, you're using your terminal, which could have sloppy vt100. Try a different terminal program. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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