Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 23:33:05 -0500 From: Vince Sabio <vince@vjs.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: termcap problem Message-ID: <p05200f1dbc4cbdf5e2c6@[192.168.0.2]>
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** Sometime around 03:51 +0000 02/09/2004, Jez Hancock said: >On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 10:35:59PM -0500, Vince Sabio wrote: >> I have a relatively new installation of FreeBSD v5.1, and the machine >> has just been staged at my co-lo site. So far, everything works well, >> except for a minor vi problem: I cannot navigate using the arrow >> keys. I can navigate using control keys, but not via the arrow keys. >> >> I'm now accessing the server over ssh via a terminal window on a Mac >> laptop running OS X (a new & distant relative of FreeBSD, FWIW). I >> access lots of machines this way, including a Solaris machine, a >> couple of Linux boxen, and at least one other FreeBSD machine (not >> mine), and I don't have this problem on any of them. I assume it's a >> termcap problem, but I don't know how to fix it. Any ideas? > >Have you tried setting the TERM env variable to 'xterm' or 'xterm-color' >in your .cshrc file (or the rc file for the shell you use)? That did it -- thanks! (TERM=xterm-color; export TERM) in ~/.profile. -- __________________________________________________________________________ Vince Sabio vince@vjs.org
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