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hiower4

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Registered: 2004-07-31

Posts: 38

bad console input/output behaviour

Hi

when i write (in a console, virtual terminal) enough to fill one line the output starts writing again on the Same line, which can make it look something like this:

6.1.1.tar.bz2 niklas}$ wget http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-vfs/2.6/gnome-vfs-           2.6

when it ofcourse should be:

{niklas@nadir niklas}$ wget http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-vfs/2.6/gnome-vfs-2.6.1.1.tar.bz2

whether im in X or not doesn't make any difference

this makes me unhappy

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hiower4

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Registered: 2004-07-31

Posts: 38

Re: bad console input/output behaviour

no one who have had a similar experience?

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Dusty

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Re: bad console input/output behaviour

I have had this experience, but I fixed it. It was related to the escape codes in my PS1 variable. (for colours).

It may also be related to your TERM variable.

type:

echo $TERM
echo $PS1

and show us the output.  Mine looks like this:

dusty:~ $ echo $TERM    
xterm-color
dusty:~ $ echo $PS1
[33[01;34m]u:[33[01;35m]W [33[01;31m]$ [33[00m]

These are both set up in my ~/.bashrc

Dusty

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hiower4

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Registered: 2004-07-31

Posts: 38

Re: bad console input/output behaviour

thank you for your reply, although i already found an answer in the gentoo forums http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=94553

it was indeed my $PS1 variable

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