Re: $TERM = xterm acting funny on non-linux terms

1997-12-03 Thread Galen Hazelwood
Ben Gertzfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I noticed this too. Setting my term to xterm-r6 solved the problem. I think you or I should submit a bug report on the ncurses-term package -- its xterm terminfo entry is Linux-specific. The xterm-r6 entry is correct, and works for both Linux and

Re: $TERM = xterm acting funny on non-linux terms

1997-12-03 Thread Will Lowe
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Galen Hazelwood wrote: This is not as clear-cut a case as you might think. The problem with the xterm is not that it is linux-specific, it's that it's too new for many old X windows systems out there. I feel that asking people with Yes. And many people who administrate

Re: $TERM = xterm acting funny on non-linux terms

1997-12-03 Thread Ben Gertzfield
Galen == Galen Hazelwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Galen Such a bug has already been submitted. See the log for Galen #14366. Hm, that's good. Galen This is not as clear-cut a case as you might think. The Galen problem with the xterm is not that it is linux-specific,

$TERM = xterm acting funny on non-linux terms

1997-12-02 Thread Will Lowe
I recently synced up my Debian machine with the unstable tree on ftp.debian.org. Now if I connect to my linux box inside a non-linux xterm (non xterm-color, from a Sun machine, for example), all the text comes out in reverse video, which makes reading mail, viewing anything with less, etc,

Re: $TERM = xterm acting funny on non-linux terms

1997-12-02 Thread Ben Gertzfield
Will == Will Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Will I recently synced up my Debian machine with the unstable Will tree on ftp.debian.org. Now if I connect to my linux box Will inside a non-linux xterm (non xterm-color, from a Sun Will machine, for example), all the text comes out