Hello, I have a queer problem. I'm using debian etch with kde. I'm facing this problem in the "konsole" application wherein if the command, etc that I'm typing overflows into the next line, it does not do a 'carriage feed' (so to say), instead the new text overwrites the currently existing text in the same line... Any ideas how I may fix this problem?
On 03-Dec-07, at 2:40 PM, Pradnyesh Sawant wrote:
I have a queer problem. I'm using debian etch with kde. I'm facing this problem in the "konsole" application wherein if the command, etc that I'm typing overflows into the next line, it does not do a 'carriage feed' (so to say), instead the new text overwrites the currently existing text in the same line... Any ideas how I may fix this problem?
in all consoles, or only sometimes?
On 14:54, 03 Dec, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On 03-Dec-07, at 2:40 PM, Pradnyesh Sawant wrote:
I have a queer problem. I'm using debian etch with kde. I'm facing this problem in the "konsole" application wherein if the command, etc that I'm typing overflows into the next line, it does not do a 'carriage feed' (so to say), instead the new text overwrites the currently existing text in the same line... Any ideas how I may fix this problem?
in all consoles, or only sometimes?
in all _k_onsoles, always...
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does not do a 'carriage feed' (so to say), instead the new text overwrites the currently existing text in the same line... Any ideas how I may fix this problem?
I dont know why this is happing with your konsole but this is a very common problem with using putty. If you can give us some more info about what version of kde,konsole you are running. I maybe able to help you debug this situation better.
Also I would advice you to file a bug at http://bugs.kde.org
On 14:02, 09 Dec, gaurav chaturvedi wrote:
does not do a 'carriage feed' (so to say), instead the new text overwrites the currently existing text in the same line... Any ideas how I may fix this problem?
I dont know why this is happing with your konsole but this is a very common problem with using putty. If you can give us some more info about what version of kde,konsole you are running. I maybe able to help you debug this situation better.
Thanks for replying... KDE: 3.5.7 Konsole: 1.6.6
Also I would advice you to file a bug at http://bugs.kde.org
Will surely do that :)
On Monday 03 Dec 2007, Pradnyesh Sawant wrote:
Hello, I have a queer problem. I'm using debian etch with kde. I'm facing this problem in the "konsole" application wherein if the command, etc that I'm typing overflows into the next line, it does not do a 'carriage feed' (so to say), instead the new text overwrites the currently existing text in the same line... Any ideas how I may fix this problem?
This is typically due to bash having an incorrect value for $COLUMNS. Try:
export COLUMNS=80
and see if it helps. It's also possible that $TERM is set incorrectly. What's the output of:
echo $TERM
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On 10:06, 10 Dec, Raj Mathur wrote:
On Monday 03 Dec 2007, Pradnyesh Sawant wrote:
Hello, I have a queer problem. I'm using debian etch with kde. I'm facing this problem in the "konsole" application wherein if the command, etc that I'm typing overflows into the next line, it does not do a 'carriage feed' (so to say), instead the new text overwrites the currently existing text in the same line... Any ideas how I may fix this problem?
Thanks for the reply...
This is typically due to bash having an incorrect value for $COLUMNS. Try:
export COLUMNS=80
currently, in my setup: ~ $ echo $TERM xterm ~ $ echo $COLUMNS 108
But even changing COLUMNS to 80 didn't help
and see if it helps. It's also possible that $TERM is set incorrectly. What's the output of:
echo $TERM
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On 21:42, 10 Dec, Rony wrote:
Pradnyesh Sawant wrote:
KDE: 3.5.7 Konsole: 1.6.6
Try re-loading konsole.
??? You mean re-install or open a new instance?
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On 08:39, 10 Dec, Pradnyesh Sawant wrote:
Also I would advice you to file a bug at http://bugs.kde.org
Will surely do that :)
Well, I had filed a bug at bugs.kde.org, and we came to the conclusion that it is not a konsole bug, for the following reasons: 1. I was able to see the same problem in xterm and rxvt 2. the problem does not occur if I use some other shell like csh
However, now that we know (do we?) that the problem is related to bash (probably), and that exporting COLUMNS=80 doesn't help, can someone help me out with this?
Thanks a lot for all the help...
Pradnyesh Sawant wrote:
On 21:42, 10 Dec, Rony wrote:
Try re-loading konsole.
??? You mean re-install or open a new instance?
Re-Install. Try doing it from a fresh package. You could remove the existing deb package from the apt cache if you use apt for installation or elase get one separately from Debian's website. Have you upgraded Konsole from an older version? I use Etch stable with KDE and my default Konsole is 1.6.5 and KDE 3.5.5.
Pradnyesh Sawant wrote:
However, now that we know (do we?) that the problem is related to bash (probably), and that exporting COLUMNS=80 doesn't help,
Do you get this problem with pure console too? The ones from Ctrl + Alt + F1 to F6?
On 21:13, 11 Dec, Rony wrote:
Re-Install. Try doing it from a fresh package. You could remove the existing deb package from the apt cache if you use apt for installation or elase get one separately from Debian's website. Have you upgraded Konsole from an older version? I use Etch stable with KDE and my default Konsole is 1.6.5 and KDE 3.5.5.
I have debian testing and get pkgs from iitm. And yes, I had recently upgraded my whole system, from stable to testing.
For your other question, about I getting this problem in C+F1-F6, yes, I do get the same problem.
But, on the other hand, as I've mentioned in one of my previous mails; the problem occurs in xterm and rxvt too. so I guess the problem is not with konsole, rather with some bash environment variable that has been misset.
Can anyone kindly point me to the proper place to find the related bash variable?
Pradnyesh Sawant wrote:
But, on the other hand, as I've mentioned in one of my previous mails; the problem occurs in xterm and rxvt too. so I guess the problem is not with konsole, rather with some bash environment variable that has been misset.
That is why I asked about pure terminal as Konsole is a part of KDE in the X environment. Bash is the default shell even without X installed.
See if these help. However it could be a bug as you are using Debian testing. I had used Etch testing before it became stable and it was really weird.
http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/bashref/BashVariables.html
http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_03_02.html
http://www.faqs.org/docs/bashman/bashref_60.html
On 23:10, 12 Dec, Rony wrote:
Pradnyesh Sawant wrote:
http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/bashref/BashVariables.html
http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_03_02.html
Thanks for the reply. Will check these links and will let know if they were useful, and if I found any solution...
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