From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DF701381F3 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 23:07:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 847A6E0A98; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 23:07:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CC18E09E7 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 23:07:03 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFMCpbE/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEFOhwzCxgJExIPBSU3iBHBLY1hgkhhA41+iA6FfohwgV6DEw X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFMCpbE/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEFOhwzCxgJExIPBSU3iBHBLY1hgkhhA41+iA6FfohwgV6DEw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="34628141" Received: from 76-10-150-196.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([76.10.150.196]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 02 Oct 2013 19:03:40 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:06:51 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 19:06:51 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Sloppy sterm screen update over ssh Message-ID: <20131002230651.GA29368@waltdnes.org> References: <20131001001012.GA13211@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 963578be-cc01-40b1-a953-260505afa4fc X-Archives-Hash: e5922ca24f780f52f046b4f9b7b955ad On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 11:33:19AM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Walter Dnes 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 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications