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- From: apm233m@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: linux-0.98.3 termcap problem
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.111844.90524@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 11:18:44 +1100
- References: <1992Nov1.004828.6310@afterlife.ncsc.mil><1992Nov1.101439.10943@klaava.Helsink <92308.071727NU013809@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
- Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia
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- In article <92308.071727NU013809@NDSUVM1.BITNET>, Greg Wettstein <NU013809@NDSUVM1.BITNET> writes:
- [stuff deleted]
- > After logging into a couple of systems I suddenly noticed that the virtual
- > console was restricting itself to 24 lines. For example if less is used
- > to view a file and the sh prompt is on the bottom line of the screen the
- > entire output gets displayed on the bottom line of the screen. Using
- > less with the prompt at the top of the screen causes less to use the
- > console as if it had 24 lines.
-
- Which comms program do you use? I use kermit to talk to a VAX running VMS
- and I too get the 24 line problem. My guess was that it was probably kermit
- which was at fault.
-
- > This problem seems to be resistant to the use of stty rows 25, setterm
- > -initialize etc. Rebooting the machine does clear the problem but is of
- > course not an optimum solution.... :-) The problem does not transcend
- > virtual consoles, the only console affected is the VT which was running
- > kermit when I logged into the other machines. I suspect that the other
- > machine is sending some type of control sequence that is being interpreted
- > by the Linux console driver. Anybody got any ideas?????
-
- Have you also tried sending ctrl-O to the VT? (can be done by ^Q ^V ^O if
- using BASH) This fixes some problems, but not the 24 line problem for me.
-
- Actually, I can live with a 24 line VT. Unfortunately, what I see is
- in effect a split-screen VT: one window of 24 lines and one of 1 line.
- If the cursor moves into the one-line window at the bottom of the
- screen then it tends to stay there (some programs, such as emacs can
- still make use of the whole screen). A 1-line VT is very difficult to
- live with!
-
- It is my guess that the real problem is a bug in the kernel terminal
- code. There may be other problems with this code, for example there
- appears to be a bug in the code for the "do" command.
-
- --
- ---------------
- Bill Metzenthen
- Mathematics Department
- Monash University
- Australia
-