ncurses or xterm problems in potato

2000-01-06 Thread Gary Hennigan
Is anyone else having xterm problems when logging in to a potato system from another system? I'm actually not sure where the problem lies, xterm, ncurses or somewhere else, but whenever I log in to my Debian laptop from my workstation (SGI using ssh in an xterm) the terminal properties seem

Re: remote xterm problems

1998-12-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Dec 26, 1998 at 11:14:37PM +0800, Chad A. Adlawan wrote: > Stan, > i'm sorry i sent the 1st email too soon w/o even thinking, anyway, > if you're using bash and a few other shells, you have to do an >$export TERM=vt100 > if you're using csh or tcsh, do a $set TERM=vt100 No, on (t)c

Re: remote xterm problems

1998-12-27 Thread Chad A. Adlawan
Stan, i'm sorry i sent the 1st email too soon w/o even thinking, anyway, if you're using bash and a few other shells, you have to do an $export TERM=vt100 if you're using csh or tcsh, do a $set TERM=vt100 merry christmas everyone ! Chad > When runing a remote xterm on a non-Debian bo

Re: remote xterm problems

1998-12-27 Thread chadi
Stan, i experienced the same problems myself ... what i did was I reset term, i.e., $set TERM=vt100 try it and hope it'll help Chad > When runing a remote xterm on a non-Debian box, if I invoke vi, the > fon'ts get trashed to somehting totaly unreadable. I have to use the >

reote xterm problems

1998-12-26 Thread Stan Brown
When runing a remote xterm on a non-Debian box, if I invoke vi, the fon'ts get trashed to somehting totaly unreadable. I have to use the pulldown menu to do a full reset on the xterm, and then a control L to redraw the screen. Anyone have an idea what's wron

Re: xterm problems

1998-08-12 Thread servis
*- Stephen J. Carpenter wrote about "Re: xterm problems" | On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 01:52:22PM +0200, Michael Sicher wrote: | > hello, | > | > i like debian 2.0 very much but now i have problems with xterm: | > | > - i am not able to log into some systems using telnet

Re: xterm problems

1998-08-12 Thread Stephen J. Carpenter
On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 01:52:22PM +0200, Michael Sicher wrote: > hello, > > i like debian 2.0 very much but now i have problems with xterm: > > - i am not able to log into some systems using telnet (connection closed > by foreign host). > > - on some systems i cannot start vi when logged in v

Re: xterm problems

1998-08-12 Thread Michael B. Taylor
If you are using X, consider xon instead of telnet. You will need to fix up an .rhosts file at the other end so that you can log on without a password for this to work. Obviously logging on in this manner has security implications, and you should consider them before you implement this. Using s

xterm problems

1998-08-12 Thread Michael Sicher
hello, i like debian 2.0 very much but now i have problems with xterm: - i am not able to log into some systems using telnet (connection closed by foreign host). - on some systems i cannot start vi when logged in via xterm/telnet (no terminal database found - debian 1.3 system) - backspace d

Re: xterm problems

1998-03-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Mar 16, 1998 at 05:45:27PM -0800, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > > "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hamish> I'm having big problems using an xterm running on X11R6.3 > Hamish> on Solaris 5.6 to work on a Debian hamm box. The terminal > Hamish> does not draw

Re: xterm problems

1998-03-17 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hamish> I'm having big problems using an xterm running on X11R6.3 Hamish> on Solaris 5.6 to work on a Debian hamm box. The terminal Hamish> does not draw properly in curses programs like ncftp and Hamish> vi is practicall

xterm problems

1998-03-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
I'm having big problems using an xterm running on X11R6.3 on Solaris 5.6 to work on a Debian hamm box. The terminal does not draw properly in curses programs like ncftp and vi is practically unusable -- as seen as I hit enter to move down a line it clears the screen! The terminfo definitions (dump