On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Nick Guenther <kousue@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Chris <atstake@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Nick Guenther <kousue@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Chris <atstake@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Nick Guenther <kousue@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Chris <atstake@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.