eichelbe@nadc.arpa (06/09/87)
I am running a VAX 11/780 under 4.3 BSD UNIX. I am using the telnet command to connect from my computer back into my computer. When I do this and am logged on the pseudo-tty port, I lose characters on output. It's almost as if there was a handshaking problem of some sort. Do pseudo-ttys not understand a control-S sent out by the terminal? It seems that the terminal is falling behind. I'm using a VT100, but I don't think it's the terminal's fault. Any ideas regarding what I can do to stop losing characters would be appreciated. Thank you. Jon Eichelberger eichelbe@NADC.ARPA
chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) (06/09/87)
In article <7755@brl-adm.ARPA> eichelbe@nadc.arpa (J. Eichelberger) writes: >... under 4.3 BSD UNIX ... using the telnet command to connect >from my computer back into my computer. When I do this and am >logged on the pseudo-tty port, I lose characters on output. ... >Do pseudo-ttys not understand a control-S sent out by the terminal? Telnet sends the control-S right down the connection to the remote machine. It has to get all the way through the server and down into the pty before it can be interpreted as a `stop'. In the meantime, other output has flooded your VT100's input buffer. The sending stops, but too late. Rlogin attempts to perform XON/XOFF protocol locally so as to avoid this. It does not do a perfect job, but it works much better than telnet. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: seismo!mimsy!chris