On Thu, 18 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've had this problem before after I unwisely used vi to read a core file.
try using less to view files rather than vi/view. it makes a much better pager and doesn't have to read the entire file into memory to view it. > vi (i.e. elvis) prints out "skipping session file X" where X is a number > from one to seven, and then it says "no such session" or somesuch, exits, > and causes bash to no longer print out user input or start new lines. Fvwm > puts white borders around everything and none of the usual mouse commands > work. i can't help with the vi problem (except to suggest that you try vim instead of elvis - vim is much better), but the weird tty mode should be fixable by typing 'stty sane'. that will put your tty back into a sane state. what's happening is that elvis is putting the tty into raw mode. normally it will restore the tty settings when it exits, but doesn't get a chance to do that when it crashes. it's a problem common to many programs, not just vi...so knowing about 'stty sane' is useful :-). > curiously enough, both programs work fine under root, but not under a > new user. I've reinstalled both packages to no avail. > I installed fvwm95 which works fine but I don't like it. Help! there are several other window managers available - fmwm, fvwm2, afterstep and some others i haven't even tried yet....maybe one of them will appeal to you. craig -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
