BASH question(or shell in general)

jrmann1999 · 05-10-2005, 09:19 PM

I have had a pending problem in xterm for awhile(or bash on the console). Whenever I maximize xterm and/or try to type in a 1024x768 framebuffer on the console, my command lines wrap back onto themselves. Then if I hit backspace it tends to scroll upwards so everything is unreadable. Is there some variable or something I can set in my profile to prevent this?

Tinkster · 05-10-2005, 09:34 PM

I've only seen behaviour like that with the frame-buffer
console on one specific chipset (can't remember which
one for the life of me) ... try to force VESA?

Cheers,
Tink

masand · 05-10-2005, 09:36 PM

this happens to me also
i just revert back to the original size
i would love to get a soluton for this though

regards

scuzzman · 05-11-2005, 01:54 AM

Try typing "reset" after the resize. I sometimes experience similar issues, and this corrects it.

jrmann1999 · 05-11-2005, 05:16 PM

this is on every linux box I've ever worked on, with multiple chipsets and framebuffer types. Reset does nothing to fix the problem of the wraparound text....it fixes the console temporarily....

oh, and working in the original size is fine, until you try to grep apache logs or anything else that has huge length. Fullscreen is a must at that point...