Subject: Re: Vi on NBSD142 sparc exiting and trashing video?
To: NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/19/2000 12:06:11
Try setting the term type to 'sun-cgsix' - there is a bug
in the PROM console driver which is triggered by sending an
add-line sequence at the base of the screen.
I believe this should all go away when NetBSD/sparc switches to
the MI rcons/wscons driver (as to when... :)
David/absolute
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, NetBSD Bob wrote:
> On a lark, I nuked an OpenBSD 2.6 install in favor of trying a NetBSD
> 1.4.2 install on a plain IPX with 16M ram and mono monitor and a 1 gig
> drive. The install went fine, X came up fine. All seems rosy, except
> when vi exits it trashes the video. A clear restores it.
> Anyone have any idea of what might be going on, and if there is a
> fix for it?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob
>
>