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mourner n00b
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 8
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:24 pm Post subject: [solved] ncurses apps are messed up |
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Hi!
I'm a beginner in the world of linux, and decided to go Gentoo-way to learn a bit.
Spent almost all day reading docs, wiki and installing 2005.1-r1 from the universal livecd. I've succeeded with the basic installation described by the handbook. But - of course - there are some problems that need fixing, and I need your help.
Ncurses-based apps such as kernel menuconfig or centericq are messed up: interface elements like labels and edit controls are jumping like mad when the screen needs to be updated (for example, when I navigate through a simple menu with the arrow keys each selected option gets shifted sereral characters to the right while chunks of it remain where they were positioned). How can I fix that? I use a vesafb framebuffer console output in 1024x769-32@85 mode.
Thanks in advance!
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avalanche n00b
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 31 Location: Bremen, Germany
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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Same thing here and not solved yet. It's really weird. Using the gnome-terminal works fine. |
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mourner n00b
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mourner n00b
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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OK, the tips are not quite what we want.
The solution:
If you want unicode in console, you must also have a font that supports utf8. Then just follow the unicode guide in the wiki.
If you don't want unicode, follow the standard localization guide. All problems with messy ncurses will eventually be gone. |
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StarDragon Guru
Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 390 Location: tEXas
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:34 am Post subject: |
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mourner, just have one question how do you set the console font? |
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mourner n00b
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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StarDragon wrote: | mourner, just have one question how do you set the console font? |
By editing "/etc/conf.d/consolefont" file and then applying new settings by executing "/etc/init.d/consolefont restart".
Fonts to choose from are located in the "/usr/share/fonts" directory. |
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nixnut Bodhisattva
Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 10974 Location: the dutch mountains
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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