On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, wb2oyc wrote:

> Hi and thank you for your efforts...

> 2) What is the proper response to the prompt "Terminal type"?  No matter
>    what I tell it, if I have a file in an editor (vi, joe, whatever) the
>    file does not scroll when you reach the bottom line or using Next on
>    the edit keypad.  When in X, I can use them ok in an xterm but not at
>    the console.  Reading a man page is fine...scrolls properly, etc.  I
>    had to ftp the rc.conf file to another system so I could edit it, and
>    then put it back after the original install to get around this...at
>    that point there was no X.

You could try 'sun-il' and see how that works.

> 3) How to stop messages from corrupting the root window when in X?  Will
>    being logged in as my user account stop this maybe?

xconsole(1) should do the trick. This will be fixed if I ever finish VTs
for rcons, or if we get wscons.

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