From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Aug 2 13:56: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from obelix.spectraweb.ch (obelix.plusnet.ch [194.158.230.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4CF137B401 for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 13:55:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pcservice.schweizer@spectraweb.ch) Received: from pc-service.ch (abo-mu-2-1-dialup-214.spectraweb.ch [194.230.203.214]) by obelix.spectraweb.ch (8.9.3/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) with ESMTP id WAA25694; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 22:55:44 +0200 Received: (from martin@localhost) by pc-service.ch (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f72KxTf01338; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 22:59:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from pcservice.schweizer@spectraweb.ch) Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 22:59:24 +0200 From: Martin Schweizer To: Jason Andresen Cc: Martin Schweizer , freebsd-stable Subject: Re: Telnet Message-ID: <20010802225924.A1023@pc-service.ch> Reply-To: Martin Schweizer References: <3B3A719B@webmail.swiss-web.com> <3B69581D.B40756E@mitre.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B69581D.B40756E@mitre.org>; from jandrese@mitre.org on Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 09:39:41AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 09:39:41AM -0400 Jason Andresen wrote: Hello Jason > > >===== Original Message From Jason Andresen ===== > > >> I would connect to my shell machine at otaku.freeshell.org. If I use telnet > > >> from Win9x/WinNT/Win2k I've no problem to access. If I use telnet from > > >> FreeBSD4.3 I can't correct steering my shell (some keys won't functions). I > > >> changed also the TERM variable to vt100 without success (in this case the > > >> command line from FreeBSD ist verry strange). What I doing wrong? > > >> Thank you in advance. > > > > >How are you using telnet from the FreeBSD machine? Are you on the > > >console > > ... at the console > > > > >or are you in an xterm? > > ... no, perhaps later > > > > The PC Console isn't a very good VT100 > > >emulator, > > >you need to use a mode like "pc-cons" or "pc-ansi" or "ansi" or "cons25" > > >or "pccons" or whatever the remote system actually has for PC consoles. > > In default FreeBSD uses cons25. If I use TERM=vt100 then I can not use all > > keys and the screen has some strange caracters. > > >XTerms in general are halfway decent VT100 emulators, but using "xterm" > > >is even better. > > I will test it. I test all the above terms with no success (results was allways the same)! I test it also in KDE2 (xterm). There it was much more better then under the console. How can resovle this? If you would I can e-mail you off-topic my account information at otaku.freeshell.org. > > >Windows telnet is a terrible emulator, but if you consider it to work > > >with > > >"no problems" as a vt100 terminal, then you should have no problem > > >getting > > >equivelent functionality out of FreeBSD with the right term variable. > > Which is your prefered TERM variable for telnet access? > > Unfortunatly it takes a bit of experimentation if the remote system is > not > FreeBSD based. > > If it is a FreeBSD system, try setting TERM to whatever the local > terminal > is set for (assuming all of the keys work on the local terminal). -- Regards Martin PC-Service M. Schweizer; Gewerbehaus Schwarz; CH-8608 Bubikon Tel. +41 55 243 30 00; Fax: +41 55 243 33 22; http://www.pc-service.ch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message