TERM was set to vt320. I have switched my inittab to say: T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -Lhwi ttyS1 38400 wy185 now though, so not TERM is wy185 (which is the model of my terminal). i don't think the /etc/gettydefs is necessary anyways since i specify my terminal type as an argument to getty.
having switched terminal types, my situation has changed a bit. i now have a few different problems (but things are a bit better in general): 1. if my terminal is on while i boot it gets all sort of ugly weird characters on it. 2. the arrow keys don't function as arrow keys in the shell (instead of getting my history when i hit up i get a listing of tab-completions and a trailing 'A'). the arrows do work, however, in jed (emacs like editor). 3. i can only run jed once. it works perfectly the first time, arrows, escape, all the Control-key combos i want. however, the second time i run it i just get junk on my screen...a whole bunch of weird escape sequences and a lot of beeping from an unhappy terminal. any ideas on how to fix these? eric. On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 02:33:10PM -0400, Lewis, James M. wrote: > Is your TERM variable set to vt320? There are also a bunch of wyse > types. See /usr/lib/terminfo/v/* and /usr/lib/terminfo/w/*. (or > /usr/share/terminfo/...) > > On other systems there is a file in /etc/ that specifies what kind > of terminal is on which serial line (gettydefs or ttytype or something > like that). I don't see it on my system. I have the stock getty > and it might take one of the other getty packages to have that file... > > jim > > > ---------- > > From: Eric[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 12:34 PM > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Making my vt320 useful > > > > actually, it's not a vt320, it's a wyse which emulates a vt320. my > > question is this: how do i get special keystrokes like control-X to > > go through as if i was typing on a local tty? The arrows and any > > control-key combination that isn't ^C (or a few others which are > > recognized by stty i think) just print out on the screen. this makes > > it very difficult to use emacs. :) when i hit ^X i literally see > > ^X. when i hit escape, i see ^]. the arrows do the same thing ^[[A > > and so on... can somebody point me to the correct program/config file > > i use to set this kind of stuff up? > > > > thanks, > > eric. > > > > -- > > _____ _ > > | ____|(_) http://www.iit.edu/~jenseri > > | _| | | Page me via ICQ at > > | |___ | | http://wwp.mirabilis.com/19022931 > > |______/ | or by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > |__/ > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > > /dev/null > > -- _____ _ | ____|(_) http://www.iit.edu/~jenseri | _| | | Page me via ICQ at | |___ | | http://wwp.mirabilis.com/19022931 |______/ | or by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__/