oops... sysinstall from X

From: Gary Aitken (garya_at_Dreamchaser.org)
Date: 10/30/04

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    I made the mistake of trying to build and install the gimp port from an
    xterm. When I came back to it, it had started sysinstall to configure
    the ghostscript driver. Sysinstall looks great in an xterm, but
    unfortunately keystrokes aren't mapped in a manner which works. e.g.
    The down arrow is echoed as "^[0B", and while normal characters such as
    'x' and space are echoed properly, the sysinstall program apparently
    isn't seeing them -- the characters are simply echoed over (replacing)
    the text sysinstall has painted on the display, instead of "doing the
    right thing" such as selecting / deselecting the current item.

    Is there some simple way out of this?
    I've still got the xterm up and would like to finish this install.
    Or should I just kill it, exit X, and try make from a normal vty?

    Thanks for any insights,

    Gary
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