Re: [gentoo-user] Sloppy sterm screen update over ssh

[Walter Dnes]

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@××××××××.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@××××××××.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications