From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Sloppy sterm screen update over ssh
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 19:06:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131002230651.GA29368@waltdnes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEH5T2O5ek+BC1c0yY-CirZ4LoA9BQKjkXYJJFOdwJ3EKqrzHw@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 11:33:19AM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
> > I've recently noticed when ssh'ing into another machine that the xterm
> > display doesn't fully update. I.e. there are "holes" where an app
> > updates over a previous screen. I've tried Google, but any mention of
> > "screen" is interpreted as the "screen" utility.
>
> Hi,
>
> Are you running xterm over ssh (X11 forwarding) or are you running an
> ssh session inside of an xterm? If the latter I have experienced
> something similar when my TERM variable was not set correctly and
> things like Midnight Commander would not fill in the blue background
> (for example) or fail to blank the screen on updates.
Another Midnight Commander user! Yes, I fire up an xterm locally, and
then ssh to another machine. I notice this especially with mc and vim.
Thanks for the pointer. Now that I know what I should be looking for, a
Google search indicates I should have...
TERM="xterm"
Is that correct? It seems to solve my problem.
--
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-02 23:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-01 0:10 [gentoo-user] Sloppy sterm screen update over ssh Walter Dnes
2013-10-02 16:33 ` Paul Hartman
2013-10-02 23:06 ` Walter Dnes [this message]
2013-10-03 7:59 ` Dragostin Yanev
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