From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13063 invoked from network); 21 May 2001 14:14:00 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 21 May 2001 14:14:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 545 invoked by alias); 21 May 2001 14:13:35 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 3886 Received: (qmail 495 invoked from network); 21 May 2001 14:13:33 -0000 Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 22:51:17 +0200 From: Thomas =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=F6hler?= To: Alan Third , Zsh users list Subject: Re: DEC VT220 and zsh... Message-ID: <20010520225117.A3816@picard.franken.de> Mail-Followup-To: Alan Third , Zsh users list References: <20010519011021.A8628@idiocy.org> <1010519021742.ZM19760@candle.brasslantern.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: <1010519021742.ZM19760@candle.brasslantern.com>; from schaefer@candle.brasslantern.com on Sat, May 19, 2001 at 02:17:42AM +0000 X-Operating-System: Linux picard 2.2.17 X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 6.0af ALPHA http://www.vim.org/ X-IRC: tirc; Nick: jeanluc X-URL: http://jeanluc-picard.de/ --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 02:17:42AM +0000, Bart Schaefer wrote: > On May 19, 1:10am, Alan Third wrote: > }=20 > } OK, I'm stumped. I got a DEC VT220, connected it to my internet > } gateway box and stuck a getty on it. Everything is fine until I try to > } run zsh, which doesn't seem to do anything. >=20 > The last time this came up, it was because "stuck a getty on it" really > meant "stuck an mgetty on it" -- and since the line is a terminal, not > a modem (the m in mgetty), zsh and mgetty clashed over the exclusive-open > on the tty device. Yes, I _do_ remember this one ;-) Though I'm using a DEC VT510 ;-) > } I had to change my login shell to bash, which works happily. The only > } thing I wasn't expecting is that $TERM is "linux" rather than "vt220", > } could this be affecting zsh? >=20 > Not in the way you describe, but you probably want to change the getty > command line in /etc/inittab to provide the correct terminal type. As I'm also running Debian unstable (aka sid), my line in /etc/inittab may be of help. Here it is: T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 38400 vt510 # ^^^^^ ^^^^^- you should change this # ||||| to "vt220" # +++++------- the line speed. 9600 # or 19200 may also be # values you should try # out if you run into # problems CU, Thomas --=20 Thomas K=F6hler Email: jean-luc@picard.franken.de | LCARS - Linux <>< WWW: http://jeanluc-picard.de | for Computers IRC: jeanluc | on All Real PGP public key available from Homepage! | Starships --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7CC5FTEYXWMJlHuYRAgdlAKCVNqJUiAa2VN8Q6ZEje2EkH7tsKACeJ6kB 8tZQDR3YGg4YMXQ9MgROmPI= =8UKC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi--