On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 10:22:19PM -0500, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 10:57:05PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > > ok, so i'm installing 1.5.2 on my sparc5 (build a new mail server, woo!) and
> > > what do you know?  booted up after install, and wierd ascii garbage before the
> > > name of the machine on the login: line.  not the same as linc's as this one
> > > actually had high ascii crud in it too.  serial console, no other problems
> > > noticed during the entire install process.
> > 
> > what is your $TERM set to ?
> 
> ok, little more info available.
> 
> i installed the machine at work using TeraTerm Pro in VT100 mode on the serial
> console.  at bootup it would print the garbage instead of the string "NetBSD/"
> i got home, and i plugged my VT510 into it and it works correctly.
> 
> in both cases $TERM is set to sun.

TERM=sun is for graphic consoles only. If it's a serial console you should set
it to vt100 (or whatever is appropriate for your console). You can change it
in /etc/ttys so that it's rigth for the login prompt as well.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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