Now that xend launches pygrub, it no longer picks up the user''s $TERM setting. This is fatal on Solaris where TERM isn''t set, but it also seems wrong on Linux. regards john _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
At 04:46 +0000 on 31 Jan (1170218806), John Levon wrote:> Now that xend launches pygrub, it no longer picks up the user''s > $TERM setting. This is fatal on Solaris where TERM isn''t set, but it > also seems wrong on Linux.Any suggestions? We can''t know what terminal type xenconsole is going to be running at before it attaches. :( We could set some sensible (and, if you like, architecture-dependent) default value. Cheers, Tim. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
How about VT100 on Solaris and ''linux'' or VT100 on Linux? Peace. Andrew On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 10:11 +0000, Tim Deegan wrote:> At 04:46 +0000 on 31 Jan (1170218806), John Levon wrote: > > Now that xend launches pygrub, it no longer picks up the user''s > > $TERM setting. This is fatal on Solaris where TERM isn''t set, but it > > also seems wrong on Linux. > > Any suggestions? We can''t know what terminal type xenconsole is going > to be running at before it attaches. :( We could set some sensible > (and, if you like, architecture-dependent) default value. > > Cheers, > > Tim. > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 10:11:36AM +0000, Tim Deegan wrote:> At 04:46 +0000 on 31 Jan (1170218806), John Levon wrote: > > Now that xend launches pygrub, it no longer picks up the user''s > > $TERM setting. This is fatal on Solaris where TERM isn''t set, but it > > also seems wrong on Linux. > > Any suggestions? We can''t know what terminal type xenconsole is going > to be running at before it attaches. :( We could set some sensible > (and, if you like, architecture-dependent) default value.All I can suggest is a default plus maybe a config option for the domain... john _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
At 14:51 +0000 on 31 Jan (1170255067), John Levon wrote:> > At 04:46 +0000 on 31 Jan (1170218806), John Levon wrote: > > > Now that xend launches pygrub, it no longer picks up the user''s > > > $TERM setting. This is fatal on Solaris where TERM isn''t set, but it > > > also seems wrong on Linux. > > > > Any suggestions? We can''t know what terminal type xenconsole is going > > to be running at before it attaches. :( We could set some sensible > > (and, if you like, architecture-dependent) default value. > > All I can suggest is a default plus maybe a config option for the > domain...OK, we''ll run with TERM=vt100, which should play nicely with most things. Cheers, Tim. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel