From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 3 00:37:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA11515 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 00:37:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from abc.xyz.net (froggy.anchorage.ptialaska.net [208.151.119.238]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA11484 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 00:37:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from groggy@iname.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by abc.xyz.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA02614; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 23:34:11 -0800 (AKDT) (envelope-from groggy@iname.com) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 23:34:11 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe X-Sender: abc@abc.xyz.net To: CyberPsychotic cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: compatible terminal settings In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, CyberPsychotic wrote: > I am wondering if anyone faced the problem of incompatible terminals in > FreeBSD and other Unices. (even BSD clones, such as BSDi). Many Unices > lack such terminals in its termcap bases as cons25. so far the most > compatible terminal i found, is pc3. (sometimes It keeps things even > better than vt100) true vt100 needs to be compile into your kernel, from what i've heard. ??? there is a driver for it. see LINT. also try vt220 or xterm. don't be afraid to adjust those termcap files. i had a problem with DOS, since i use DOS ComIt to login to FBSD when in DOS. it only has a 24 line viewing area. so i tweaked the cons25 and created a cons24 ;) works great with color lynx. i'd like to see a standard entry for it. remember to compile the termcap after changes. it's really very easy to modify that stuff. man 5 termcap sorry, i can't help with linux or BSDi. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message