On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:51:43PM -0700, Robert Kerr wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > 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? > > > > Is your terminal variable set correctly? See what your client > > is emulating, and set the environment variable TERM to this type. > > > > hawk > > > > As far as I know I'm using an xterm, and the TERM is set to xterm. >
To find out - $ echo $TERM kent -- I'd really love ta wana help ya Flanders but... Homer Simpson
