SSH and vi question on Solaris 8 system

[warrenliang]

Hello,

I ssh into a Solaris 8 system. Issue command vi to open a text file. It only shows 8 lines in the bottom of the screen. If enter z24, then I get the entire screen. Hit multiple down-arrowa would bring the 24 lines as well.
However, if telnet into this Solaris, vi shows 24-lines.

On the Solaris, it is an Openssh-3-8 p1.

Thanks,

Warren

 

[daFranze]

set the TERM variable to eg. vt100 or xterm and try again...

Regards
-- Franz
Sorry I'm not a native spaeker, I'm from Munich, Germany - "Home of the Whopper", oh no, "Home of the Oktoberfest" ;-)
Solaris System Manager; I used to work for Sun Microsystems Support (EMEA) for 5 years

 

[warrenliang]

Hello Franz,

Thanks for your information. The current setting is dtterm. I changed and export TERM to vt100 or xterm, does not help.

Warren

 

[ramu74]

This has nothing to do with SSH.

From which platform are you using ssh or telnt.

mostly check your Term settings.

 

[daFranze]

run set or setenv in both ssh session and telnet session and compare the differences, I guess it has something to do with TERM settings...

Best Regards, Franz
--
Solaris System Manager from Munich, Germany
I used to work for Sun Microsystems Support (EMEA) for 5 years