Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 20:01:15 +0100 (BST) From: Ben Cohen <bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two questions Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95q.990412195726.5120B-100000@red.csi.cam.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904121155180.3957-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Doug White wrote: >> Firstly, when using some applications, particularly vi, in an xterm under >> X the numeric keypad produces garbage like >> y >> x >> w >> v >> u >> this when I try to use it to get numbers. > >You _do_ have NumLock on, right? Yes, I do. The arrows seem to work OK when it NumLock is off. (I'm using termcap xterm-color. I have noticed similar things happen in vi and vim when using them via telnet from Windows. It could be a termcap problem.) >I've not had this problem since the 2.1.X days. I forgot to say I'm using 3.0 Release (I think) from December 1998. >> I have >> >> # Let the server do the NumLock processing. This should only be required >> # when using pre-R6 clients >> ServerNumLock >> >> in XF86Config. (This is necessary to make other applications work >> properly.) >> >> Is there any way to stop this from happening? > >Take that directive out; it makes NumLock do nutty things. If I do that then the numeric keypad doesn't work properly in other applications (other than xterm). How can I fix this? >> Secondly, kernel messages go to the console. Is there any way of >> redirecting the console to, say, /dev/ttyv2 so that when I log in on ttyv0 >> I don't get lots of messages appearing on the screen? > >No, since /dev/console is glued to that vty. Just use a different vty; we >do here. Aha. That is a pity... It's worth knowing, though. Thanks, Ben. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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