On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Nick Guenther <kou...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Chris <atst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Nick Guenther <kou...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Chris <atst...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Nick Guenther <kou...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Chris <atst...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> I am trying to get the shell history with page-up but looks like it's >>>>>> not working. I'm running -current with the default ksh and added >>>>>> HISTSIZE=50 and export HISTSIZE to ~/.profile. >>>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone know how to get it? >>>>> >>>>> I've never seen it not work. Does it work for you on -RELEASE? Does it >>>>> work if you don't set HISTSIZE at all? >>>> >>>> No, it doesn't work either way. Maybe I should mention that it's only >>>> a test machine so I didn't create a swap partition (it has only one 6 >>>> GB / partition) - could this be the reason why? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> I doubt it but I don't know the code off by heart. A more likely >>> reason is your terminal settings, what's $TERM? >> >> You are right: it's something to do with the $TERM environment >> variable. I ssh to the box from inside GNU screen so $TERM shows >> screen; OTOH, if I log on to the box directly, $TERM shows vt220. >> >> Should I export term vt220 in .profile? >> > > Oh you're using screen? Does the problem show up when you don't use screen?
Yes, it does. I am ssh'ing to the OpenBSD box using Xterminal emulator that comes with XFCE. When I log in, it shows terminal as xterm and Page up don't work. If I change the terminal to vt220 (export TERM=vt220 && echo $TERM), it shows vt220 but page up still doesn't work. The only time page up works is when I log on via the physical console.
