"Robert Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I ssh in to my debian potato system and try to do something like vi, > or dselect, the screen messes up. For example, the vi status line occurs > at the top of the screen, and I can't see the line the cursor is currently > on. In dselect the same type things happen, stuff gets printed on lines > previous or after where it should be. It makes it really hard to use > remotely. Is this something wrong with my term settings? Any ideas?
No, I think there's a bug still hanging around in potato. It's a known issue though. I remember this working fine in potato-pre-stable and then getting broken after an apt-get upgrade. Anyway, take a look at: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=54833&repeatmerged=yes My own solution is, right after I log in, doing: export TERM=vt100 (assuming Bourne shell here, like bash) and then all is right with the world. I think you lose some capabilities using vt100 instead of xterm, but I haven't noticed anything radical. Gary
