From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 21 19:59:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C99637B401 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:59:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (ryan@localhost) by ren.sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA84731; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:59:22 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:59:22 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: Kris Kirby Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: messed up terminal from 3.4->4.x In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: SaskNow Technologies [www.sasknow.com] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Kris Kirby wrote to questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > > I'm getting inverted video everytime I go from a 3.4-R (the only 3.x "go from" = telnet/rlogin/rsh/ssh/etc? > vintage I have) to a 4.x box. It's rather annoying, since it's not > entirely consistant; some things are really reverse video, others are > just all "black on white" where there is text and black otherwise. Offhand, it sounds like your terminal emulation is not correct. Are you connecting from the console (text mode) or from some X terminal (eg xterm)? Once you're logged in to the target machine, type "echo $TERM" to see what your terminal type is set to. On the other hand, I have a 3.5-STABLE box and frequently login to 4.x boxes with it, and have not had the problem you describe... but then again, I have no idea what you've "customized" on your 3.x box :-) If you're logging in from the console, you shouldn't have any problems. If you're using X, though, depending on your terminal program and settings, the emulation may not mesh exactly and you may have to set a different TERM type. > Any ideas? Change your TERM. - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message