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Re: Strange logon problem with CAPS. Please read you all!



On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Taupter wrote:

> Some friend told me about a problem he has with Slack7.1, and I tested
> with Debian 2.2 (upgraded from net) and worked the same. Let me explain:
> 
> Make sure CAPS-LOCK is off;
> In a console logon, press CAPS-LOCK before typing your login name;
> Type in your login name and press Enter. The word PASSWORD will be show
> all caps;
> Press CAPS-LOCK again and type your password an press Enter.
> 
> Voila! The text now is all-CAPS. ls has glitches, and ls --color doesn't
> display any color. Emacs and other console programs doesn't display its
> interfaces in the right way. It affects the current console only.

This is not a bug, it's a feature (really!).  Back in the olden days, some
terminals didn't support both upper- and lowercase characters (say, for
instance, a Teletype).  By typing in all uppercase, you're telling
/bin/login that you want everything to 7-bit clean (*) for the duration of
that login-session.  Hence, the lack of color (controlled by escape
sequences).

Fix:  Don't type your login name in all uppercase.

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