SUMMARY: Video console in text mode: which terminal emulation?
> I got one *fast* answer from Ross Alexander (rwa_at_cs.athabascau.ca)
> that pretty much summarizes the whole thing:
>
> This is the normal behavour. If you want vt100 functionality, you
> have
> to hook up a vt100 to the serial port and tell the firmware that
> you've
> using a serial console.
>
> (Things have been this way for years; it would be nice if they'd add
> proper terminal emulation to the single user console but it hasn't
> happened yet.)
>
>
> My original question:
>
> I've set up a DU box running 4.0B to not start X and just sit at the
> text-mode login prompt.
>
> When I log in, the terminal emulation is screwed up: TERM is set to
> vt100, but ctrl characters are displayed directly. It looks like the
> escape character is just ignored. I've tried setting TERM to vt52 and
> ansi (no difference) and console (unknown).
>
> I couldn't see anything more appropriate in /etc/termcap so I'm asking
> the gurus :-)
>
> Other question: which /sbin/rc*.d/* should I modify to keep the
> original font of the graphics card and not switch to a fine, 1 pixel
> thick font that is unreadable on a small, low bandwidth screen. I
> grepped /sbin/rc*.d/* for video, font, tga, screen, ... without
> success.
>
> =============================
> Andre Delafontaine
> delaand_at_hotmail.com
> andre.delafontaine_at_echostar.com
>
Received on Tue Aug 26 1997 - 19:29:47 NZST
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