Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 12:05:02 -0400 (EDT) From: David Krauser <david.krauser@gmail.com> To: Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Color Spills Over From SSH Session Message-ID: <alpine.BSO.2.00.1107091158570.5065@wolfman.devio.us> In-Reply-To: <4E17FBDD.6050008@gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSO.2.00.1107082350050.15592@wolfman.devio.us> <4E17FBDD.6050008@gmail.com>
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I echoed $TERM on both boxes, and they are both cons25. I figured out, though, that I'm only seeing the color spillover issue when I run GNU Screen on the remote box (which is OpenBSD). GNU Screen is not installed on the FreeBSD box. How can I get screen's colors to work in my FreeBSD ssh sessions? I can connect to the remote box from other computers (using putty, xterm, linux console, etc.) without issue. Maybe I need to have screen installed in FreeBSD? On Sat, 9 Jul 2011, Joshua Isom wrote: > On 7/8/2011 11:07 PM, David Krauser wrote: >> >> Hello everybody, >> >> I've tried to setup a kind of 'dedicated ssh client' using FreeBSD, and >> I'm having some issues with the terminal colors. >> >> I have a basic install of FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE (I only had kernel-dev >> packages checked at installation) and I rebuilt the GENERIC kernel with >> the VESA and SC_PIXEL_MODE options enabled (for a high resolution >> terminal). >> >> Now here's the problem: when I ssh into another box and issue a command >> with colors (like vim's syntax hilighting or a colored ls) the primary >> color of the terminal will change. I'm often left with a crazy colored >> and hard to read bash prompt (all in the ssh session). When I exit the >> session back to FreeBSD, the colors persist. I have to use the command >> 'reset' to fix the issue. >> >> I believe my primary FreeBSD shell is csh (it's whatever the default is >> in FreeBSD) and I'm not sure if it can handle colors or if it has them >> enabled. I generally ssh into a bash shell. >> >> I'm really a newcomer with FreeBSD, and any help would be greatly >> appreciated. >> >> Thanks a bunch, >> >> David Krauser >> david.krauser@gmail.com > > > Are you sshing from the console or an xterm? If it's from the console, it > should be cons25, and if it's from an xterm it should be xterm or > xterm-color. You might have the .cshrc on the other box forcing it to > something that it's not. On the FreeBSD box, run `echo $TERM` and note what > it says, then ssh into the other box and run it again. They're probably > different. > > It's probably not the FreeBSD box, but the other box doesn't know what you're > using. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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