[1.1.2] VT100 Terminal.app unstable all of suden

**OdynOOb** · 01-22-2008 08:29 PM

My vt100 teminal is acting wierd.
Don't know why.

Whenever I enter a command, (as simple as "ls" f.ex.) I get no result, but a [Process completed]

vt100 terminal then no longer accepts any command untill I relaunch it.

It used to work just fine, don't know what I could have broken.

Couple of weeks ago, I faced a problem (reached the 72 icons limit in SpringBoard) and had to install nattrue's ssh in order to regain access to my iPhone.

Did nothing but uninstall the latest application I had installed (with installer) and iPhone started to work fine again.

I don't know if this is linked, but I also noted that whenever I log into my phone through putty, I now get the same kind of behavior: whenever I enter a command, putty would simply close unexpectedly, without producing any result.

Any hint at what I may have scrambled ?!?

/Edit

My prompt in vt100 shows:

Last login: bla bla bla on ttyp0
-sh-3.2#

And I tried to re-install vt100 terminal from installer without success.

Manually trying to install terminal from latest sources available at http://code.google.com/p/mobileterminal/downloads/list didn't work either (black screen, which seems to be a reported bug on 1.1.2)

**OdynOOb** · 01-23-2008 12:59 PM

Anyone has a clue ?

**phattie** · 01-23-2008 03:36 PM

Reinstall the BSD subsystem. I found mine broke when I wasn't using the correct bash shell.

**OdynOOb** · 01-23-2008 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by phattie

Reinstall the BSD subsystem. I found mine broke when I wasn't using the correct bash shell.

Yeah !

That did the trick, many thanks !

putty is working again as well.

**iDaemon** · 02-02-2008 11:34 PM

well, Term-vt100 [v. svn198] is not unstable, but "back-space"-Key is no more working properly,
when pressing "backspace" it is doing a space instead of backspace.

if i observed it properly, this happens since i upgraded BSD Subsystems to now Version 2.0 (using Installer v. 3.0) on a OTB 1.1.2 (running with TurboSIM, never upgraded to 1.1.3)
(( ok ... i also was running BossTool:Free Disk Space shortly after updating BSD-subsys. ))

somebody encountered same issue?
somebody has an idea how to fix that?
maybe Term-vt100 requires an update (after BSD-subsytems upgrade)?
is an upgrade scheduled?

thanks for good hints in advance,
greez,
_iD

**iDaemon** · 02-03-2008 12:25 AM

ok.
i have found the solution for the issue i described above.
sorry for posting before looking for info myself.
BSD Subsystem 2.0 Termfix (found in Installer) did the job.

bouna notte

**HandyMania** · 02-03-2008 05:34 PM

<very strange v100 from today ask me userid & pw under 1.1.3 any idea ?

**NetMage** · 02-09-2008 01:43 AM

Originally Posted by HandyMania

<very strange v100 from today ask me userid & pw under 1.1.3 any idea ?

Happens with the older MobileTerminal because it is starting a root session and you are running as the user mobile (I think).

Use the root password and it should let you in.

**xjustx** · 02-12-2008 01:54 AM

this is a TERM problem

type : export TERM=vt100
then backspace and everything else should work
edit /etc/profile and add that into it so you dont have to type it everytime