Xref: utzoo news.software.b:7703 news.newusers.questions:5033 comp.sys.apollo:8980 Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.newusers.questions,comp.sys.apollo Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca!system From: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson)) Subject: Re: Problem with rn - long commands must end with ^J Message-ID: <1991May9.204217.25718@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> Keywords: rn, C news, control-J (linefeed), , stty Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department References: <1991May8.211839.11974@otsc.eds.com> Distribution: na Date: Thu, 9 May 1991 20:42:17 GMT In article <1991May8.211839.11974@otsc.eds.com> snyde_sl@tsca02.uucp (Steve Snyder) writes: >Our site recently established a newsfeed. We are running C news (last >patch date is 24-Mar-91) and rn (last patch date is 01-Jan-91, # 54) >on an Apollo DN3000 under Domain/OS SR10.2 (sys 5.3 environment). > >The problem is not real serious but is a minor irritation. In order to >execute any of rn's commands which are more than 1 character long, I >have to type control-J (linefeed) to terminate the command. This >appears to be the case at all 3 command levels (newsgroup selection, >article selection, pager). If I press the key, ^M is echoed, >but the command is not executed. This is probably because SR10.x has a broken telnetd, which converts to . This also affects 'vi' and all other programs that try to use "cbreak" (and "raw" I think) mode. There is no fix, and I sent this in to Apollo over a year ago, with no response. Our workaround is to use 'rlogin' instead of 'telnet' (if your terminal server has it - we have a Cisco box, which has both). Rlogind has its own problems with flow control (not fixed in over 2.5 years), but you'll only see them if you run more than 1 connection at a time from your terminal server. -- Mike Peterson, System Administrator, U/Toronto Department of Chemistry E-mail: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca Tel: (416) 978-7094 Fax: (416) 978-8775