Re: xterm problems
On Mon, Mar 16, 1998 at 05:45:27PM -0800, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> >>>>> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:
> Hamish> I'm having big problems using an xterm running on X11R6.3
> Hamish> on Solaris 5.6 to work on a Debian hamm box. The terminal
> Hamish> does not draw properly in curses programs like ncftp and
> Hamish> vi is practically unusable -- as seen as I hit enter to
> Hamish> move down a line it clears the screen!
>
> I've also had this happen. Try export TERM=xterm-old -- it's the only
> solution I've found.
I just compiled rxvt on the Solaris box, and when I ssh to the Debian box
my terminal type is set to xterm but everything works -- I'm using this
now (in vi) to write this. And I'm getting colour on the Solaris box
which I never could get from xterm.
thanks,
Hamish
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