[comp.sys.att] 610 terminal keys gone flakey

bbh@whizz.uucp (Bud Hovell) (01/11/89)

I am using a 610 terminal on a 3B1. The system is now about 1 1/2 years old,
and has been configured in this way since first purchased then. For some
reason, two problems have suddenly appeared, and I've not been able to dope
out what's wrong:

	1. When I backspace at the command-line, then enter another
command over the old one and hit <Return>, I get something like the
following:

		$ cat                      [type in command 'cat']
		$                          [now use <Backspace> to back up]
		$ ls                       [type in the new command]
		$ cat^H^H^Hls              [huh?]
		$ cat^H^H^Hls: not found   

	2. When I am in the user-agent and attempt to remove files that
are queued up to print, I can only delete the first one - the down-arrow key
generates it's escape sequences (seen on the lower left portion of the screen),
but will not roll down. Also in this screen, I cannot use the mark key. The
signals are simply not going out to the box, evidently. Other screens seem ok,
though, of the several ones I went and checked.

	3. When I log out, the prompt does not automatically reappear.
I have to hit a <return> or <enter> to get it back. 

So far, I've noticed no other flakey functions appearing. Both conditions 
appeared suddenly tonight. The console is unaffected.

I've reset the terminal and otherwise checked everything else I know how
to look for. Even shut the whole system down and brought it back up. Nuthin'.

Does anyone out there in AT&T land (or elsewhere) have ANY idea what might
be causing this?
 
                                 Bud Hovell

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hjespers@attcan.UUCP (Hans Jespersen) (01/13/89)

In article <609@whizz.uucp> bbh@whizz.uucp (Bud Hovell) writes:
>	1. When I backspace at the command-line, then enter another
>command over the old one and hit <Return>, I get something like the
>following:
>
>		$ cat                      [type in command 'cat']
>		$                          [now use <Backspace> to back up]
>		$ ls                       [type in the new command]
>		$ cat^H^H^Hls              [huh?]
>		$ cat^H^H^Hls: not found   
Try adding this line to your .profile (for each user) or your /etc/profile
(for everyone).

              stty erase "^H" kill "^X" echoe echok

This will define the backspace key as your kill character. On most
System V machines (well AT&T anyway) the default kill character is
'#'. Before you add the new line try 

              $ cat###ls

This should work the way you want it.

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