From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 27 21:12:38 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id VAA02474 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 27 Nov 1995 21:12:38 -0800 Received: from ref.tfs.com (ref.tfs.com [140.145.254.251]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id VAA02469 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 1995 21:12:32 -0800 Received: (from julian@localhost) by ref.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id VAA22668; Mon, 27 Nov 1995 21:10:59 -0800 From: Julian Elischer Message-Id: <199511280510.VAA22668@ref.tfs.com> Subject: Re: Annoying console (I want it like Linux) To: craigs@os.com (Craig Shrimpton) Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 21:10:59 -0800 (PST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199511280436.XAA09196@solar.os.com> from "Craig Shrimpton" at Nov 27, 95 11:36:50 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1229 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk ansi isn't a bad choice. but also look on the target machine's termcap (or terminfo) database, for the SCO xenix console.. it's compatible with our syscons.. alternatively, make a kernal with pcvt and then it's emulating a DEC vt 220 (or whatever) and EVERYTHING supports those.. > > Greetings, > > Perhaps someone can direct me to the proper terminal type to avoid some > annoying behaviour. When I telnet to a remote box to read mail, executing > Pine will reverse my console. I.e. black letters, white background. I have > to execute colorls to reset it. This does not happen when I telnet to the > mail machine from my Linux box. What is the correct TERM setting for > FreeBSD 2.1.0's console to act like a Linux console. > > The default console (Con25) is fine for local work but not so good when > telnetting. (except to another FreeBSD box) > > Thanks, > > Craig > > =================================================================== > Shrimpton Consulting Orbit Systems > Craig Shrimpton Email: craigs@os.com > 17 Monroe Avenue Phone: (508) 753-8776 > Worcester, MA 01602 http://www.os.com/ > >