Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:27:43 -0600 From: "Phillips, Paul" <paulp@mail.smu.edu> To: <freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> Subject: Serial port flaky when using vi - Netra 1 T 105 Message-ID: <F5C1DDA36ABD5049B458492E5FA2A26C7A0571@s31xe3.systems.smu.edu>
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I have been installing FreeBSD 5.2 beta on a Netra T1 105. This is a = headless server, and I am using a Mac Powerbook running Zterm as a VT100 = terminal emulator. The settings on Zterm are 8-N-1. In the past, I have used Zterm on this Netra to install Solaris with no = troubles. The actual booting up and install works fine. However, post install, = when I am running the console through the serial port, and attempt to = use vi as an editor, it becomes very flaky. The h, j, k, and l keys do = not work to move the cursor. The down and up arrow keys do work, but = only if I move them VERY slowly. When I use the left and right arrow = keys, it starts to write over the line that I am moving over with = different text from somewhere else in the file. Very strange. This makes editing from the serial port virtually = impossible. Luckily, I can get it installed, then ssh in and do the = edits. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks Paul Phillips
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