On 20 March 2011 13:19, Andy Koppe wrote: > >On 20 March 2011 09:18, Diego Queiroz wrote: > >> On 18 March 2011 06:12, Andy Koppe wrote: >>> >>> On 17 March 2011 22:09, Diego Queiroz wrote: >>> > Hello. >>> > >>> > I need some help. >>> > My terminal started with a very strange behavior today. >>> > Many programs are not displaying correctly and I don't know why. >>> > >>> > I uploaded this picture: http://img851.imageshack.us/i/screenshotfc.png/ >>> > The two windows at the top are displaying the "nano" and "top" >>> > programs using putty. >>> > The two windows at the bottom are displaying the same programs using >>> > cygwin, respectively. >>> > >>> > As you can see, the visual of the applications is different, and that's >>> > not all. >>> > I'm really not able to work with these applications because of this >>> > problem. Actually, any visual enhancement is not working properly. >>> > Even grep with --color option isn't working correctly. >>> > >>> > In the image, both programs are connected to the same server thru ssh, >>> > so IMO the problem is not related with server configuration or any >>> > tool specific setting. >>> > The problem also occurs when using cygwin in the local machine. >>> > >>> > I'm almost sure the problem is related with the dos emulator, but I >>> > don't have an idea whats wrong. >>> > The problem started when I did the last cygwin update (but I also >>> > updated many programs in the machine together, so I don't know if >>> > cygwin caused this). >>> >>>> What's the server? Are you connecting with cygwin ssh (i.e. >>> /usr/bin/ssh)? What's the TERM setting on the server? It should be >>> 'cygwin'. or, if the server doesn't know that, 'vt100' should do. >>> >>>> You might also want to try mintty (where TERM should be 'xterm'). >>>>> >>> Andy >>> >>> Hello Andy. >>> Thanks for your reply. >>> >>> But it doesn't really matter. >>> >> Quote: >> "IMO the problem is not related with server configuration or any tool >> specific setting. The problem also occurs when using cygwin in the >> local machine." >> >> I mean, the same problem also occurs when I am connected with no >> server at all (just the local installation of cygwin). > >Right. So have you checked the TERM setting? Here's my wild guess: >you've got MS's "Subsystem for Unix Applications" (aka "Services for >Unix", aka "Interix") installed, and that's set TERM to "dumb" in the >system-wide settings. > >Andy
Andy. You're my hero. You guessed absolutely right (and I need to apologize because I didn't follow your hint at the first). Thank you so much. --- Diego Queiroz -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
