Matt Rose wrote: > On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 11:50:25 -0400, > > Matt Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is it possible to install debian through a sparc serial console? > > > > curses works for me. an interesting thing to add is that for me the special > > characters (for borders and so) work during installation, but are (singular > > character) garbage afterwards. but i was never bothered enough to > > investigate. > > Hmm, I found the same thing myself. It probably sets the TERM > variable and the termcap file to something that doesn't quite understand > sparc serial console.
Could you check your /etc/inittab for a getty entry that looks like: T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100 The last parameter should be the contents of the TERM variable. Regards. -- Eric Delaunay | La vérité c'est qu'il n'y a pas de vérité. [EMAIL PROTECTED]| (y compris celle-ci). Devise Shadok.
