Re: make menuconfig (potato)
On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 04:48:49PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote
> On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 06:03:04PM -0500, Brad wrote:
> > On Sat, 29 May 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> >
> > > Why are the menuconfig boxes now shown with ascii characters (*, |,
> > > etc.) instead of real lines as in earlier versions?
> >
> > What's your TERM environment variable set to? On my system, if it's
> > "linux", "rxvt", or "xterm-debian" it uses color and lines. "vt100" goves
> > lines but no color. "xterm" gives ASCII chars and no color.
> >
> > The default for a console should be "linux". For an Xterm from the deb
> > package, it should be "xterm-debian". For an rxvt, it should be "rxvt".
> >
>
>
> TERM=linux There is color, but no lines.
>
> System is potato, kernel 2.2.9.
>
At the console (i.e., not under X) this is also affected by the font you
load using setfont, or SVGATextMode. If you're in 80x25 console mode, try
setfont cp850-8x16
which should fix it (on the current vt) if that is the reason.
If this isa the problem and you have SVGATextmodse installed, you should
edit /etc/TextConfig to fix it permanently; if you are not using
SVGATextmode, edit /etc/kbd/config.
Good luck,
John P.
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