Public bug reported:
I have a DEC VT420 terminal connected to my Ubuntu system, set up for
'wide' (132 column) mode. Until recently, possibly although not
definitely when I began testing Precise, running getty with the vt100-w
profile ensured that when I logged in, applications such as top, nano or
weechat would use all 132 columns. Now, though, everything is squashed
into 80 columns even with all the same settings (on the VT420 and Ubuntu
machine).
When I log in on the terminal and type
$ echo $TERM
I get the expected 'vt100-w'. However:
$ tput cols
results in '80' and sure enough, only the first 80 columns of the screen
are filled.
I strongly doubt this is a problem with the terminal as all its settings
were 'known good' and I have checked and double-checked them for
correctness.
Admittedly, I can work around this by issuing
$ stty 132
and then everything works as expected. However, I am curious as to why
none of the 'wide' terminfos are working any more and believe there may
be a bug here somewhere.
** Affects: ncurses (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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vt100-w no longer displays in 132 columns on DEC VT420 terminal
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