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author | Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-08-24 08:54:28 +0000 |
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committer | Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-08-24 08:54:28 +0000 |
commit | 613d6c2cc6eaa25cc5d53c053cb783aea7c9308d (patch) | |
tree | 0d7b8ac51538d614432eb7dc39af05bdf5d19fdc /en_US.ISO_8859-1/books | |
parent | a938e63860e40e488659985a378648013e02a8e6 (diff) | |
download | doc-613d6c2cc6eaa25cc5d53c053cb783aea7c9308d.tar.gz doc-613d6c2cc6eaa25cc5d53c053cb783aea7c9308d.zip |
Make the question I added on TERM mismatches when logging onto remote systems
clearer.
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=5441
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diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index a708a190ac..4ce47d7397 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ </author> </authorgroup> -<pubdate>$Date: 1999-08-24 05:01:13 $</pubdate> +<pubdate>$Date: 1999-08-24 08:54:28 $</pubdate> <abstract><para> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.5 and later, unless otherwise noted. @@ -2593,36 +2593,47 @@ message.</para> </answer></qandaentry> <qandaentry><question> -<para>Full screen applications on remote machines misbehave! - </para></question><answer> +<para>Full screen applications on remote machines misbehave</para></question> +<answer> <para>The remote machine may be setting your terminal type -to something other than the <emphasis remap=tt>cons25</emphasis> terminal type used -by the FreeBSD console.</para> +to something other than the <emphasis remap=tt>cons25</emphasis> terminal type +required by the FreeBSD console.</para> -<para>There are a number of work-arounds for this problem: +<para>There are a number of possible work-arounds for this problem: <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>After logging on to the remote machine, set your TERM shell -variable to either <emphasis remap=tt>ansi</emphasis> or <emphasis remap=tt>sco</emphasis>.</para> +variable to <emphasis remap=tt>ansi</emphasis> or +<emphasis remap=tt>sco</emphasis> if the remote machine knows +about these terminal types.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Use a VT100 emulator like <ulink URL="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/ports.cgi?screen-">screen</ulink> -locally. <emphasis remap=tt>screen</emphasis> offers you the ability to run -multiple concurrent sessions from one terminal, and is a neat -program in its own right.</para> +at the FreeBSD console. +<emphasis remap=tt>screen</emphasis> offers you the ability to run multiple +concurrent sessions from one terminal, and is a neat program in its own right. +Each <emphasis remap=tt>screen</emphasis> window behaves like a VT100 terminal, +so the TERM variable at the remote end should be set to <emphasis remap=tt> +vt100</emphasis>. +</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Install the <emphasis remap=tt>cons25</emphasis> terminal database entry on -the remote machine.</para> +the remote machine. The way to do this depends on the operating system on the +remote machine. The system administration manuals for the remote system +should be able to help you here.</para> </listitem> <listitem> -<para>Fire up X and login to the remote machine from an -<emphasis remap=tt>xterm</emphasis>.</para> +<para>Fire up an X server at the FreeBSD end and login to the remote machine +using an X based terminal emulator such as <emphasis remap=tt>xterm</emphasis> or +<emphasis remap=tt>rxvt</emphasis>. The TERM variable at the remote host +should be set to <emphasis remap=tt>xterm</emphasis> or <emphasis remap=tt>vt100 +</emphasis>.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> |