[parisc-linux] Our new toy + terminal questions.....

[parisc-linux] Our new toy + terminal questions.....

[Smartelectronix - Bram]

Hi everyone, (I'm new to the list)


Today my mates and I went to pick up our new *ahem* 'toy'
http://www.smartelectronix.com/~bdejong/a_new_toy/

HP9000 D270/2 + 512Mb RAM + 8 x 9-gig & 8 x 4Gig + UPS + ...
No graphics out, only a serial terminal output.
We've got it up and running and are trying to install Debian
(Woody) on it.

Everything works just fine, but when the semi-graphical installer
kicks in, we -obviously- get large pieces of garbage on the terminal.

Is there a way to set the debian installer to use simple-ascii only 
without colors/...? Or is there a better terminal program we can use
that can display colors/.. better? Selecting things in the installer
is pretty much hit and miss too.

Or, alternatively, is there a (simple) way to get some kind of graphics
card + monitor for our D270?


Thanks a lot,


 - bram

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Re: [parisc-linux] Our new toy + terminal questions.....

[Richard Hirst]

On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 01:36:12PM +0200, Smartelectronix - Bram wrote:
> Hi everyone, (I'm new to the list)
> 
> 
> Today my mates and I went to pick up our new *ahem* 'toy'
> http://www.smartelectronix.com/~bdejong/a_new_toy/
> 
> HP9000 D270/2 + 512Mb RAM + 8 x 9-gig & 8 x 4Gig + UPS + ...
> No graphics out, only a serial terminal output.
> We've got it up and running and are trying to install Debian
> (Woody) on it.
> 
> Everything works just fine, but when the semi-graphical installer
> kicks in, we -obviously- get large pieces of garbage on the terminal.
> 
> Is there a way to set the debian installer to use simple-ascii only 
> without colors/...? Or is there a better terminal program we can use
> that can display colors/.. better? Selecting things in the installer
> is pretty much hit and miss too.

You don't say what terminal emulator you are trying to use.  Many people
use minicom on an x86 linux host without problems.

You can't stop the installer using features such as cursor addressing to
paint the screen.

Richard

Re: [parisc-linux] Our new toy + terminal questions.....

[Smartelectronix - Bram de Jong]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Hirst" <rhirst@linuxcare.com>
> You don't say what terminal emulator you are trying to use.  Many people
> use minicom on an x86 linux host without problems.
> 
> You can't stop the installer using features such as cursor addressing to
> paint the screen.

OK, thanks for the reply, Richard,
Had some trouble subscribing to the
list but everything is fixed now!

As you suggested offlist I'll be hunting for a VT100-compatible
terminal application.
Does anyone here have a nice VT100-compatible terminal
application for windows? (needs to be windows 'cos I need
to run it on a windows laptop...)

thanks!


 - bram

Re: [parisc-linux] Our new toy + terminal questions.....

[Randolph Chung]

> As you suggested offlist I'll be hunting for a VT100-compatible
> terminal application.
> Does anyone here have a nice VT100-compatible terminal
> application for windows? (needs to be windows 'cos I need
> to run it on a windows laptop...)

teraterm should work.

randolph
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Randolph Chung
Debian GNU/Linux Developer, hppa/ia64 ports
http://www.tausq.org/