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From: phil@trlamct.uucp (phil)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: tset vt100 screws up Suns
Message-ID: <132@trlamct.uucp>
Date: Fri, 22-Nov-85 22:17:34 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 22 22:17:34 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 16-Nov-85 09:46:16 EST
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>We have discovered that accidentally doing a "tset vt100" from
>our SUN consoles screws up their scrolling (and vi, and more, and....)
>The problem is due to the initialization string sent to the
>console (ESC[1;24r).  We have not been able to reinitialize the console
>to its virgin state without rebooting (ugh!).  Is there a nice
>solution, and if so, is it documented anywhere?

The solution is to send the string (ESC[s) to the console - e.g.
	% echo '^[[s'
We had the same problem and it took ages to find the documentation.
Appendix A.8.1.2  of the System Manager's Manual lists all the control
sequences used by the Sun terminal.

		Phil Nicholson.
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