Re: gpm/kernel stuff
Steffen Grunewald (steffen@gfz-potsdam.de)
Fri, 21 Feb 1997 09:12:32 +0100 (MET)
"Keith Owens writes"
|> >ftp://ts×11.mit.edu/pub/linu×/păckăges/GCC
|> >
|> >it misses consequently the same characters. rebooting linux solves it and it
|> >looks like that it is system wide. e.g. when another user uses cut/paste,
|> >the same happens.
|>
|> Ditto. Corrupt characters, usually one bit flipped. Not a memory
|> problem, cut/paste on a different string on a different terminal shows
|> the same symptoms. Don't know what causes it but I find the reset
|> command clears it, no need for a reboot. This is "reset" from rpm
|> ncurses-1.9.9e-2.
|>
|>
|>
Assuming that you copied/pasted the string from your terminal,
I can see (in my 8-bit-clean textedit window :) that there are
characters similar to the one which should be there:
a cross instead of the x in tsx-11
same in linux
a-tilde instead of a in packages
In fact, at first glance I thought it had something to do with parity issues...
What does a "reset" sent to a terminal do ? (UTSL, yes, I know) -
Perhaps some gpm wierdness ? (Just a shot in the dark.)
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