On Mon, Mar 16, 1998 at 05:45:27PM -0800, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > >>>>> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hamish> I'm having big problems using an xterm running on X11R6.3 > Hamish> on Solaris 5.6 to work on a Debian hamm box. The terminal > Hamish> does not draw properly in curses programs like ncftp and > Hamish> vi is practically unusable -- as seen as I hit enter to > Hamish> move down a line it clears the screen! > > I've also had this happen. Try export TERM=xterm-old -- it's the only > solution I've found.
I just compiled rxvt on the Solaris box, and when I ssh to the Debian box my terminal type is set to xterm but everything works -- I'm using this now (in vi) to write this. And I'm getting colour on the Solaris box which I never could get from xterm. thanks, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt Mobile: +61 412 011 176 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rising Software Australia Pty. Ltd. Developers of music education software including Auralia & Musition. 31 Elmhurst Road, Blackburn, Victoria Australia, 3130 Phone: +61 3 9894 4788 Fax: +61 3 9894 3362 USA Toll Free: 1-888-667-7839 Internet: http://www.rising.com.au/ -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]