vi - Terminal too wide

Good Day,

I get an error - Terminal too wide.
Any idea what it can be?

\(ddril00\)\>echo $SHELL
/bin/ksh
slsudv48/appl/esas/IDOLServer/HTTPFetch
\(ddril00\)\>uname -a
SunOS slsudv48 5.9 Generic_122300-47 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240
slsudv48/appl/esas/IDOLServer/HTTPFetch
\(ddril00\)\>vi AutonomyHTTPFetch.cfg
Terminal too wide
:

Regards,
Dan

 

[tarn]

Apparently it's a limitation of Solaris < 10, and the advice is to shrink your putty/terminal window size so that its not so wide.

I've never had that error myself but if I stretch my PuTTY window too wide I do loose my typed command as it restricts the displayed characters ;(


Maybe take a look at:

-bash-3.00$ /usr/openwin/bin/resize -c
set noglob;
setenv COLUMNS '131';
setenv LINES '36';
unset noglob;
-bash-3.00$

L.

 

[cndcadams]

yup get that all the time with putty. Solaris 9 and 10. Just minimize putty size (I have never dug into why it occurs as minimizing screen size is a simple fix).

 

[ddrillich]

Thank you tarn and cndcadams.

Minimizing the putty size works!

Many thanks,
Dan