Jenny Matheson writes:
> I'm sorry but i'm new here so If this isn't the ocrrect lsit to ask
> please let me know, my BSD box is only a few hours old.

Which version of NetBSD did you install? What port (we run on 17
different kinds of machines from i386 to Alphas) did this happen on?

The problem you describe sounds like something very, very old. Did you
install the latest NetBSD (1.2)?

> Vanilla BSD on it's own works fine but after finally getting Xfree86 to
> work I am getting odd behaviour out of my xterms, I believe it to be a
> Terminal type problem but setenv TERM doesn't seem to have made any
> difference.
> 
> Problem: xterm seems to print tabs instead of spaces or returns. ie if i
> press retrun at the prompt four times I get:
> 
> palpatine#
>          palpatine#
>                    palpatine#
>                              palpatine#
> 
> And don't even ask what a ps or an ls -sl look like because they are
> unbearable. 
> 
> I know this question should probably be addressed to an X mailing list
> but i can't find one.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Erik