On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 04:48:49PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote > On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 06:03:04PM -0500, Brad wrote: > > On Sat, 29 May 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > > > Why are the menuconfig boxes now shown with ascii characters (*, |, > > > etc.) instead of real lines as in earlier versions? > > > > What's your TERM environment variable set to? On my system, if it's > > "linux", "rxvt", or "xterm-debian" it uses color and lines. "vt100" goves > > lines but no color. "xterm" gives ASCII chars and no color. > > > > The default for a console should be "linux". For an Xterm from the deb > > package, it should be "xterm-debian". For an rxvt, it should be "rxvt". > > > > > TERM=linux There is color, but no lines. > > System is potato, kernel 2.2.9. >
At the console (i.e., not under X) this is also affected by the font you load using setfont, or SVGATextMode. If you're in 80x25 console mode, try setfont cp850-8x16 which should fix it (on the current vt) if that is the reason. If this isa the problem and you have SVGATextmodse installed, you should edit /etc/TextConfig to fix it permanently; if you are not using SVGATextmode, edit /etc/kbd/config. Good luck, John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
