On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 11:33:19AM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Walter Dnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've recently noticed when ssh'ing into another machine that the xterm > > display doesn't fully update. I.e. there are "holes" where an app > > updates over a previous screen. I've tried Google, but any mention of > > "screen" is interpreted as the "screen" utility. > > Hi, > > Are you running xterm over ssh (X11 forwarding) or are you running an > ssh session inside of an xterm? If the latter I have experienced > something similar when my TERM variable was not set correctly and > things like Midnight Commander would not fill in the blue background > (for example) or fail to blank the screen on updates.
Another Midnight Commander user! Yes, I fire up an xterm locally, and then ssh to another machine. I notice this especially with mc and vim. Thanks for the pointer. Now that I know what I should be looking for, a Google search indicates I should have... TERM="xterm" Is that correct? It seems to solve my problem. -- Walter Dnes <[email protected]> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
