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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Terminal over ssh badly scrambled
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 07:02:29
Message-Id: YMG5CMVqNXBwUM1Z@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Terminal over ssh badly scrambled by Walter Dnes
1 On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 05:46:47PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote
2 > I'm installing on a new machine. I much rather prefer doing it
3 > remote, so I can compare side by side with my current machine. But the
4 > terminal is badly scrambled.
5
6 Some more Google-searching suggested using "toe" to list off the TERM
7 types that are supported. Amongst them was "vt100", which brought back
8 memories of the 1990's <G>. So I...
9
10 * opened up an xterm, "su -", "cd /usr/src/linux", "make menuconfig"
11 * opened up another xterm window
12 * executed
13 export term="vt100"
14 * ssh'd into the install-in-progress (had to chroot again)
15 * "cd /usr/src/linux" and "make menuconfig"
16
17 Here's what my screen looks like (see attachment). The left side is
18 the machine I'm currently running on, and the right side is the
19 install-in-progress. It's barebones, but it works. And there's no way
20 I'll confuse my current desktop versus the install-in-progress <G>.
21
22 --
23 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
24 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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