Subj : Re: SyncTERM on Ubuntu
To   : paulie420
From : Foobrew
Date : Sun Aug 01 2021 01:02:00

 pa> What board(s) are you dialing? I ask because I dial many... maybe its
 pa> just an issue with ONE board you're trying?? 

I've tried a number of boards such as Borderline, Citadel and Reflections. I also just tried two of the ones you suggested, Wrong Number IV and Retrograde.

 pa> Also, remember to use the right setting. I use C64 for my screen size to
 pa> dial 40col C64 BBSes... I use C128(80col) mode to dial C64 BBSes that
 pa> support 80cols, like Image 3.0... 

Yes, I'm pretty sure the ones I originally tried were C64(40col) but I also tried C128(40 & 80) just to test but observed the same behavior.

 pa> Then, just to go deeper... I'm using SyncTERM v.1.1 from
 pa> syncterm.bbsdev.net

I'm using the same version from the same source. No issues compiling either. I've even tried deleting everything and starting over but saw no difference in behavior. It's really strange since it works perfectly, otherwise. 

 pa> :P Not trying to be facetious, just giving as much info as I can think
 pa> of; you are setting the screen mode in each individual directory entry,
 pa> yea? Pressing F2, scrolling down to screen mode and selecting the C=
 pa> mode you want there??? Sure, I think it would work if you set the MAIN
 pa> screen mode to some C= one and the directory entry is set to Current,
 pa> but I like selecting per each BBS in their entries...

Yeah, I set the screen mode individually for each entry also. I also tried setting the main screen mode to C64 but made no difference.

It sounds like the issue must be unique to my system so that's good info. For the record, I'm actually using Xubuntu so it could even be a quirk of that variant. I think I'm going to try spinning up a VM with a vanilla install of Xubuntu and then build there and see if I get the same issue. If so, I'll try plain Ubuntu and possibly Fedora too just to see if I can narrow down the cause.

Thanks for the response.

Foobrew

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