On Oct 26, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Morten Bo Johansen wrote: > On 2013-10-26 Glenn English wrote: > >> There are several Debian machines around, and some of them do an odd >> thing in Aptitude: > >> lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk >> xReally quit Aptitude?x >> x [ Yes ] [ No ] x >> mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj > > You should look at your $TERM variable.
The same: xterm-256color > Also distinguish between X Window and console > environments. These are running on the same Mac pseudo terminal, ssh'ed in as root to the CLI on the Debian boxes. So it's X on the Mac, console on the others. They all do the same thing, as far as I can tell, everywhere except with Aptitude (or maybe I should say they're the same with ncurses -- Aptitude is the only ncurses program I use). The Lenny box is my main server on the 'Net; the Wheezys (ies?) are my LAN server, caching local DNS server, and development box, FWIW. They act the same way when I'm sitting at their consoles. A bit more info: I got a Raspberry Pi the other day, and Aptitude in its modified version of Wheezy makes the same letter style dialog boxes as the other Wheezy boxes (eventually -- the RPi is no speed demon). Its 'echo $TERM' result is also xterm-256color. I just looked, and all my Wheezy boxes (4 including the RPi) and the 32 bit Squeeze (ntp server) do the same thing in Aptitude. The only one that seems to work the way I expect it to is Lenny. I hesitate to blame this on the difference in Debian versions; I'm more inclined to think something's wrong in the install (ncurses expert install on 2 servers (looked right, so it isn't hardware)). The LAN server was a dist-upgrade, and the RPi's Wheezy came on a pre-loaded SD card. I know this isn't a show stopper, but inability to understand making me crazy. -- Glenn English Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored.
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