Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 12:01:33 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Paul Dekkers <Paul.Dekkers@cgu.edusurf.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Terminals under FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971030115956.17844W-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.971030204538.162N-100000@gromit.nev.ml.org>
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On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Paul Dekkers wrote: > | If you're using the console, the console (aka syscons) isn't truly vt100 > | compatible, so sometimes you see some artifacts. The screen program is > | vt100 compatible and adds some funky features. > > so I have to use screen after logged in?! > isn't there a possibility to make the console much better - like under > linux, it's pretty cool over there... No, you'd run screen first, then login from a screen session. If you want to improve syscons, the source is available... > | > And when > | > telnetting TO a FreeBSD host I don't get problems that often, but > | > especially when telnetting from a DOS machine (with NCSA telnet) I get > | > double enters... Can't something be done on that problem!? > | > | Supposedly, this was found in the telnetd on FreeBSD and fixed. What > | version of FreeBSD are you on? > > I use 2.2.1... > A fixed version you sent me before (that was exactly the same size as on > 2.2.1) didn't fix the whole problem I'd say... are you sure it was the > good telnetd you sent me? ;-) Thought so. > | I've never had this happen to me on my machines, FWIW. > > but you never used ncsa telnet?! ;-) The Mac version works OK, as does the Windows terminals CRT and WinQVT. The TNVT220 emulator that comes with Novell Lan WorkPlace is pretty nice too. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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