Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:00:09 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Dave Babler <dbabler@Rigel.orionsys.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel terminal oddities Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961029225920.369e-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.961029105333.194A-100000@Rigel.orionsys.com>
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On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Dave Babler wrote: > The problems are primarily (totally?) in how ttys are treated. From the > console, running cons25, the first indication is that when you log in, > your username is repeated: > > login: bozo > bozo <----- > password: > > The next is that in applications such as pine and pico, NONE of the > control keys are recognized, including ^C, ^X and escape. Only ^Z and ^T > seem to be recognized, so the only way out is to ^Z and kill it. When > users telnet in, applications tell them they are "not using a terminal". > > I'm at a loss as to where to look next or what to try... anybody have any > ideas? Sounds like your terminal type is not being guessed correctly. Try running 'tset' and report your terminal type as 'cons25'. If that doesn't work then you may need to reinstall your termcap database. 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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