Re: [Devil-linux-develop] TERM bug?

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
>>>>Since upgrading to the 0.6beta releases, "vi" gives me garbage unless I
>>>>"export TERM=vt100" before hand (ssh'ed in as root).  I never had to do
>>>>that with 0.5.
>>>
>>>I wasn't aware of a problem there, but I'm a joe-user. ;-)
>>>Which release do you use? Is it already a glibc 2.3.2 one?
>>>Is the file /usr/share/terminfo/l/linux existing?
>>
>>Yes, the terminfo files exists, TERM is set to "linux" by default.
>>
>>However, I'm running a release before the new glibc.  I'll compile up a
>>new one and try it.  I'll let you know if there is still a problem.
> 
> 
> OK, I'm now running the latest (downloaded & compiled today)
> and the problem is still there.
>

Crap.
What is the exact problem? I'm not familiar with vi, so you probably 
have to write me down the 'secret vi key combinations'. ;-)
Which SSH client do you use?

When I recall it correctly, DL 0.5 still use the Busybox vi, so the 
problem could also be in the vim package.


Heiko