Ok, I will do that. I'm just worried that this is going to be a reoccurring problem in which case I guess I'm screwed.
Thanks, Kent On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 13:48:38 -0800 Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 02:43:14PM -0700, Kent Jantz wrote: > > It doesn't appear to have changed but that file had "garbage" in it before I > > changed it: > > > [snip] > > > > In any event if the above were the norm it doesn't explain why etc-update gets an > > error and quits before any changes are made. Some of the etc-update entries won't > > even get to the menu, it just displays part of the config file I selected and > > locks up the terminal. > > What is happening is the high bit characters (the garbage) are sending > codes to your terminal, including it seems the "ENTER" or "RETURN" code > which tell the terminal that the enter key has been pressed, causing > etc-update to do things without you actually doing anything. > > If you just cp the config file to the new file (in my first email) this > should solve the problem, assuming it is just this file that has > problems, and not *any* time you do etc-update. > > Regards, > > alan > > -- > Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > "The only thing that experience teaches us is that experience teaches > us nothing. -- Andre Maurois (Emile Herzog) > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
