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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.csuohio.edu!stever From: stever@csuohio.edu (Steve Ratliff) Subject: Re: Tring to get termcap correct *&^ Message-ID: <1994Jun19.041305.15803@news.csuohio.edu> Sender: news@news.csuohio.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Cleveland State University X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <CrFv2B.E82@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 1994 04:13:05 GMT Lines: 37 David Lucas (odave@metapro.DIALix.oz.au) wrote: : I am having a great deal of problems with getting Free-BSD : 1.0.2. I have a 386-DX 8Mb with BSD installed as binaries : with some source. : The problem is I use my home machine to connect to work to : do after hours work, if i login on my machine as pc3 (SVGA : running syscons) and logon to work all the screens and : applications have control chars, don't update the screen : correctly and generaly is a pain. : What doI have to do to my termcap (or something else) to get : the two talking. Any help would be greatly apreciated, : Thanks in advance, It might not help in this instance, but you should probably try using the cons25 entry in your ttys file. It was written specifically for the syscons console driver. pc3 is a rather oddball termcap entry. Steve : David Lucas. : -- : +-----+ David Lucas _--_|\ #include <std/disclaimer.h> : | | | | MetaPro Systems Pty Ltd / \ odave@metapro.DIALix.oz.au : | | | | 328 Albany Highway, X_.--._/ Fax: +61 9 472 3337 : |m|p|s| Victoria Park, Western Australia 6100 v Phone: +61 9 362 9355 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- stever@babbage.cba.csuohio.edu "What's better than a free OS?" " A free OS with source." FreeBSD at freebsd.cdrom.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------