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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!news-xfer.netaxs.com!cs.utexas.edu!newshost.convex.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news-relay.ncren.net!lester.appstate.edu!xx.acs.appstate.edu!krb From: krb@xx.acs.appstate.edu (Kinney Baughman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD ?.?.? on login. Why? Date: 1 Feb 1997 19:38:07 GMT Organization: Appalachian State University Lines: 44 Message-ID: <5d062v$nff@lester.appstate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: xx.acs.appstate.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34616 Hmmm. Don't know why my previous post came up blank. Subject: FreeBSD ?.?.? on login. Why? Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Summary: Keywords: I got no answers for this question in a previous post. So here goes again. I did what I thought was an FTP reinstall of FreeBSD 2.1.6-Release right over the top of my other version of FreeBSD 2.1.6-Release. Why? I was trying to fix some terminal emualtion problems that I'm still having. After the latest install, I get a "FreeBSD ?.?.?" upon login. Why? Did I not get the 2.1.6-Release? I've doublechecked the Release version in the "sysinstall" menu and it says "2.1.6-Release". The most obvious problem I'm having is the failure of FreeBSD to give me the "tcsh" shell. I added the path to "tcsh" in "etc/shells" and I get the "tcsh" shell now but my cursor jumps to the right of the screen each time I delete a letter at the command line. Even curioser, the letter on the command line *is* deleted. (Note: The cursor problem seems to occur only when I'm at the console. I've logged in from a dial-up connection now and I don't have that same problem.) I have serious emulation problems folks. When I go into a program like Pico, the highlighted menus are full of characters from the extended character set. At home from a dialup connection, I get control characters (^G %X%k%W) for the "Get Help" menu in "Pico", for ex. I'm trying to read up on the getty stuff but I think I'm out of my league. I assume the terminal is displaying low bit characters when it should be displaying high bit or vice-versa or something. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have a Gateway G6-200 box, ATI Mach 64 card, and a 17" Vivitron monitor. Thanks. Kinney