characters disappearing in man command
 

Hi all,
I have just installed Slackware 10.0 on HP Compaq NX9105 laptop (Xfree 4.5.0).
I do not have the problem before starting the X interface. But under an xterm window, here is what I get for the commande 'man iwconfig' (for example):
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IWCONFIG(8) Linux Programmer's Manual IWCONFIG(8)

NAME
wconfig - configure a wireless network interface

SYNOPSIS
iwconfig[interface]
iwconfiginterface [essidX][nwidN][freqF][channelC]
[sensS][modeM][apA][nickNN]
[rateR][rtsRT][fragFT][txpowerT]
[encE][keyK][powerP][retryR]
[commit]
iwconfig--help
iwconfig--version

DESCRIPTION
Iwconfigs similar to ifconfig(8), but is dedicated to the wireless interfaces. It is used to set the param_
eters of the network interface which are specific to the wireless operation (for example : the frequency).
Iwconfigay also be used to display those parameters, and the wireless statistics (extracted from
/proc/net/wireless).

All these parameters and statistics are device dependant. Each driver will provide only some of them depend_
ing on the hardware support, and the range of value may change. Please refer to the man page of each device
for details.

PARAMETERS
essidet the ESSID (or Network Name - in some products it may also called Domain ID). The ESSID is used to
identify cells which are part of the same virtual network.
As opposed to the NWID which defines a single cell, the ESSID defines a group of cell connected via
repeaters or infrastructure, where the user may roam. With some card, you may disable the ESSID
checking (ESSID promiscuous) with off or any (and on to reenable it).
Examples:
iwconfig eth0 essid any
iwconfig eth0 essid "My Network"

nwiddomain
et the Network ID (in some products it is also called Domain ID). As all adjacent wireless networks
share the same medium, this parameter is used to differenciate them (create logical colocated net_
works) and identify nodes belonguing to the same cell. With some card, you may disable the Network ID
checking (NWID promiscuous) with off (and on to reenable it).
Examples:
iwconfig eth0 nwid AB34 .....
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As you can notice some characters disappear. Do you have any idea to help me ?

Thanks
Smips

Uhm.. something wrong with your shell ENV maybe? Not sure if this will fix it, but I have had tweak the following vars to fix my manpage problems, which I believe were a bit different. Worth a try!

Hi, thks for your help but the problem remains. I suspect my xserver configuration and more especially the screen configuration.
Maybe my xserver does not get the right configuration of the screen and is not able to print characters correctly.
My laptop is a HP compaq nx9105 but I am not able to get the horizontal sync range of my monitor nor the vertical one.

Smips