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From: BOFH <web@typo.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD BUG ?
Date: 13 Aug 1996 11:28:12 GMT
Organization: typo.org
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Message-ID: <4uposc$lj7@typo.org>
References: <4uohv8$mvg@senior.nectec.or.th>
NNTP-Posting-Host: typo.org

poom@bhpp.moph.go.th wrote:
: Dear Sirs,

:        I face a problem about FreeBSD. I suspect it is the BUG of this OS.
: This problem occurs when I login to the system from remote machine on LAN
: as a normal user and use the SU command to enter root mode. Yes, I can enter 
: into root mode normally. But when I use MAN command to see some document and 
: exit by using Ctrl-c, after that there are no more echo to my screen monitor
: as I type the keyboard. This situation doesn't occur with other OS such as 
: LINUX or Ultrix. So I think there may be some bugs on this FreeBSD. Anybody
: knows how to solve, please suggest.

Possibly a bug in whatever pager the man program is using. First thing
to check, though, is to be certain you've got the right terminal type.
If you're using a wyse60 and set vt100 without changing the personality
of the terminal, for example, all bets are off.