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Subject: Termcap entry for FreeBSD 4.1 console missing/broke on FreeBSD 4.1.1
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>Number:         22458
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       Termcap entry for FreeBSD 4.1 console missing/broke on FreeBSD 4.1.1
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    ache
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Oct 31 15:10:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:    Thu Nov 2 06:00:26 PST 2000
>Last-Modified:  Thu Nov 02 06:02:30 PST 2000
>Originator:     Gordon Burditt
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

	
	FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE system telnetting into a FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE
	system.  i386, standard text syscons console.

>Description:

	

	There isn't any termcap entry on a FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE  system for
	a FreeBSD-4.1-RELEASE console (at least not with reasonable features:
	vt100 or ansi might work).  cons25?  The termcap entry for
	it on FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE doesn't work on a FreeBSD 4.1 console.
	It seems someone made some changes to the termcap and corresponding
	changes to the console driver, so a program running on 
	FreeBSD 4.1.1 tries to use features not present on a 4.1 console.

>How-To-Repeat:

	

	Telnet from a FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE console (i386) to a
	FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE system.  Run "more /etc/services" (or any
	text file longer than a few screens).  Note the background
	changing somewhat randomly, and it often gets left with
	reverse video.

>Fix:

	

	Back out the changes in the FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE termcap file
	cons25 & related entries.  Make a copy of these, named something
	else (4cons25?), and make THAT the default terminal type for 
	a 4.1.1-RELEASE console.

						Gordon L. Burditt

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: gnats-admin->ache 
Responsible-Changed-By: jedgar 
Responsible-Changed-When: Thu Nov 2 05:32:20 PST 2000 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
ache worked with termcap last 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=22458 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: ache 
State-Changed-When: Thu Nov 2 06:00:26 PST 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
It is intentional and will not changed for reasons already discussed in the  
mailing lists. Suggested workaround is not accepted too, see the same  
discussion. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=22458 
>Unformatted:
