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Date:      Fri, 6 Feb 2004 12:21:12 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jack Liddle <liddle@thphys.ox.ac.uk>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   sparc64/62448: Terminal Type during install
Message-ID:  <200402062021.i16KLCfb023401@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200402062030.i16KUO4W011405@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         62448
>Category:       sparc64
>Synopsis:       Terminal Type during install
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-sparc64
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Feb 06 12:30:23 PST 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jack Liddle
>Release:        5.2.1 sparc64
>Organization:
Oxford University
>Environment:
Sun Ultra 5
>Description:
When I boot from the CDROM I get as far as choosing a terminal type to run sysinstall with.  All the terminals suffer the following

Garbled out put:  Lots of peculiar characters which aren't present in the manual screenshots
Arrow Keys not working: I can't move up and down the menus.
Screen Refresh (xterm).  When I select a particular menu option, the menu overlays the old one without deleting it.  Everything gets confused and unreadable.

I've seen this mentioned elsewhere at bsdforums.org but no fix is suggested.

>How-To-Repeat:
Reboot, rinse repeat
>Fix:
      
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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