Re: wyse terminal help

[Doug Minett <doug bookshelf ca>]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Pavel Roskin wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Doug Minett wrote:
>
> > follow-up problem report using new RH 7.x binary rpm for mc 4.6.0:
> >
> > mc -V reports the new version number (4.6.0) and (among other things):
> >
> > Using system-installed S-lang library with terminfo database
> >
> > the problems reported earlier persist: the display goes crazy and the
> > terminal usually hangs.
> >
> > wyse terminal: wy60 emulation, 38400, software flow control, auto
> > scrolling (tried off and on), auto wrap (tried off and on), 24 lines
>
> I'm not sure whether you are using the wy60 emulator
> (ttp://www.gutschke.com/wy60/) or the real hardware.

I am using a real wyse 55 piece of hardware which supports various
emulations (hanging on a digi serial controller). I am using the wy60
emulation on the wyse 55, and the other settings described above.

> Anyway, please check if you have the COLORTERM environment variable set.
> It forces ANSI colors sequences regardless of capabilities of the
> terminal.  The "-b" option may be helpful too.

the -b didn't help. similar problem.

no sign of COLORTERM and here is (most of) my set:

BASH=/bin/bash
BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="2" [1]="05a" [2]="0" [3]="1" [4]="release" [5]="i686-pc-linux-gnu")
BASH_VERSION='2.05a.0(1)-release'
COLORS=/etc/DIR_COLORS
COLUMNS=80
DIRSTACK=()
EUID=500
GROUPS=()
HOME=/home/doug
HOSTTYPE=i686
IFS=$' \t\n'
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
LAMHELPFILE=/etc/lam/lam-helpfile
LANG=en_US.iso885915
LESSOPEN='|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s'
LINES=24
LOGNAME=doug
LS_COLORS=
MACHTYPE=i686-pc-linux-gnu
OPTERR=1
OPTIND=1
OSTYPE=linux-gnu
PATH=/usr/vsifax/obin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/vsifax/bin:/home/doug/bin:/u/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/wp/wpbin
PIPESTATUS=([0]="0" [1]="0")
PPID=6924
PS1='[\u \h \W]\$ '
PS2='> '
PS4='+ '
PVM_ROOT=/usr/share/pvm3
PVM_RSH=/usr/bin/rsh
PWD=/home/doug
QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt3-gcc2.96
SHELL=/bin/bash
SHELLOPTS=braceexpand:hashall:histexpand:monitor:history:interactive-comments:emacs
SHLVL=1
SUPPORTED=en_CA:en:en_US.iso885915:en_US:en:fr_CA:fr:fr_FR euro:fr_FR:fr:de_DE euro:de_DE:de
TERM=wy60
UID=500
USER=doug
XPVM_ROOT=/usr/share/pvm3/xpvm
_=
langfile=/home/doug/.i18n

and my stty -a output:

speed 38400 baud; rows 0; columns 0; line = 0;
intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^H; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>;
eol2 = <undef>; start = ^Q; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; rprnt = ^R; werase = ^W;
lnext = <undef>; flush = ^O; min = 1; time = 0;
-parenb -parodd cs8 hupcl -cstopb cread clocal -crtscts
-ignbrk -brkint -ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl ixon ixoff
-iuclc -ixany -imaxbel
opost -olcuc -ocrnl onlcr -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel nl0 cr0 tab0 bs0 vt0 ff0
isig icanon -iexten echo echoe echok -echonl -noflsh -xcase -tostop -echoprt
-echoctl echoke

is software flow control an issue with mc?
doug