Subject: Re: Wash and Go
To: Zafer Aydogan <zafer@gmx.org>
From: Valeriy E. Ushakov <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru>
List: current-users
Date: 09/16/2004 16:53:32
[This really belongs to netbsd-help@ or netbsd-users@]

On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 14:42:20 +0200, Zafer Aydogan wrote:

> I know this issue was mentioned a few times.
> My Problem is, that the default key-bindings on NetBSD does not work with my
> Keyboard at all.
> I can't use PageUP PageDown, Pos1, or End, Insert or Delete from the
> Key-Block. They all produce "~" a Tilde Sign. 
> I know you can define Key-Binding in .profile but shouldn't this work
> automatically. (I mean without setting thousands of key-binds).
> That would be far more user-comfortable.
> If you set up a new machine, you need hours and days until everything is a
> bit workable.
> I'm using Putty to access my Servers and TERM=xterm.

I've been using putty to access my netbsd boxes for ages (I'm writing
this from a putty session).  I use TERM=vt100 and it just works.

SY, Uwe
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