Re: prompt disappears on new 5.0.6 install
akhan_at_att.net
Date: 01/24/05
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Date: 24 Jan 2005 09:06:05 -0800
scooter wrote:
> scooter wrote:
> > Roger Cornelius wrote:
> > > scooter wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have installed OpenServer 5.0.6 on a HP ProLiant DL380 with
the
> > 5i
> > > > RAID controller.
> > > >
> > > > I installed the OS, then Dev Sys, then SMP, then all patches
and
> > then
> > > > the Compaq EFS (5.64a)
> > > >
> > > > System has dual Xeon 3.2 processors w/3GB RAM
> > > >
> > > > I noticed during installation of patches that while I was
typing
> > from
> > > > the command prompt, suddenly the first 10 characters or so
would
> > > > disappear. If I tried hitting enter anyway, the system appears
> like
> > it
> > > > received ^[[L from the keyboard
> > > >
> > > > For instance, if I was simply typing 'pwd' to see what
directory
> I
> > was
> > > > in, if it happened while I was typing that and I hit enter at
the
> > end,
> > > > it would say
> > > > ^[[Lpwd not found
> > >
> > > ^[[L (escape left-bracket L) is the sequence of characters
> generated
> > > when you press the Insert key. Is it possible you're pressing
> Insert
> > as
> > > you type, either accidentally or deliberately?
> > > --
> > > Roger Cornelius racpop@tenzing.org
> >
> > Nope...not hitting the insert key at all....
> >
> > One thing I notice is that if I just let the prompt sit there
without
> > typing, it will never happen. It's only when I type, so that would
> lead
> > me to believe it's getting perhaps a bad keyboard sequence or
> > something...
> > is there any strange new mapping that takes place on a new 5.0.6
> > install that I'm not aware of?
> >
> > When I last saw it happen, I was typing rcmd to log onto another
> server
> > from there.....so, I tried to duplicate it a few minutes later
> several
> > times but couldn't....the next 4 attempts at doing rcmd worked
fine?
> >
> > One other thing...if I am xterm'd into the server, it doesn't
> > happen...only on the console....I have TERM=ansi on the console in
my
> > .profile...
> >
> >
> > I'm still really baffled.....anyone??
> >
> > Scott
> Anyone got anything on this? any ideas? suggestions?
>
> thanks
>
> Scott
You are using a PS/2 keyboard not a USB RIGHT, how about if you change
your TERM=scoansi, instead of ansi.
Abid
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