asp@uunet.UU.NET (Andrew Partan) (10/04/89)
We just got in a MIPS RS 2030 box. I am having a devil of a time
getting it operational. It boots, I start looking at some files, find
one that I want to modify, vi the file, and vi will seemingly randomly
crash & fill the screen with 1's or 2's. I can only get it back by
hard rebooting (control/alt/delete). This has happened about 6 or 7
times now - I have lost count.
I think that the problem is related to not knowing what terminal type
the console emulates. I have been setting it to 'vt100' - that is what
is in /etc/ttytype after all. I have yet to find anything in the
documentation that tells me what I should be doing, & I am already most
of the way through the Sys Admin's guide.
Frustratedly yours,
--asp@uunet.uu.net (Andrew Partan)
ASN.1 Object Identifier: "{joint-iso-ccitt mhs(6) group(6) 157}"mohan@mips.COM (Ram Mohan Vedula) (10/06/89)
In article <69198@uunet.UU.NET> asp@uunet.UU.NET (Andrew Partan) writes: >I think that the problem is related to not knowing what terminal type >the console emulates. I have been setting it to 'vt100' - that is what >is in /etc/ttytype after all. I have yet to find anything in the >documentation that tells me what I should be doing, & I am already most >of the way through the Sys Admin's guide. > The graphics terminal window emulates an 'ansi' terminal. -- Mohan Vedula MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. {ames,decwrl,pyramid}!mips!mohan 750 Arques Ave. mohan@mips.com Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (408) 720-2946