> > While reading your response I had rebotted vbox vm to livecd and did a > > lspci. I noticed 2 lines that were different that seems like when the > > livecd was created they had the source code for the vbox guest additions > > software for linux. The 2 lines are as follows, first from my created > > LFS and then from the LiveCD: > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Unknown device 80ee:beef > > 00:04.0 System peripheral: Unknown device 80ee:cafe > > > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH > > VirtualBox Graphics Adapter > > 00:04.0 System peripheral: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Guest > > Service > That's to be expected. Your's should still work.
> using vt100 didn't do anything. "echo '" gave me a > as though I was That's what it was supposed to do. I wanted to see if you were experiencing the same problem with that prompt that you were with the normal one. breaking up a long command over several lines. executing sh did > eliminate some of the quirkiness in that it would just do the horizontal > scroll. To simulate the behavior I'll just hold down the key to > duplicate that character. What happens is the line with the prompt will > fill up until aroungd character pos 72 then drop down to the neext line > as though it was doing a \CR\LF of course no prompt on that line and > continue printing out the character, only now it goes beyond pos # 72 > and does the horiz. scroll. I'll hit enter and of course the system > response is no such command. I'll hit the up arrow to recall the last > command line and the cursor will positioned several characters to the > left of the last character position. If I hit the left arrow once then > end it'll move the cursor to the end of the command line. I then > backspace continuously untill it wipes out even the prompt but will > leave a number of characters at the right end. If I hit enter my prompt > comes back with the cursor in the right position. It's almost like > something thinks that the command line is inverted with what it thinks > is the prompt but to the right. Did you experience any difficulty compiling the readline package? I would probably recompile that. Afterwards, do an ldd /bin/bash to ensure it's using the new library. Try this: [code] ...$python ... >>> 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14+15+16+17+18+19+20+21+22+23+24+25+26+27+28+29+30 465 >>> # now hit the up arrow key and see if you're experiencing the same quirkyness >>> ^D ...$ [/code] This may help diagnose the problem since I know that python uses the readline package. -- /me
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