Changes between Version 85 and Version 86 of FAQ

Timestamp:

Jul 16, 2010, 4:35:57 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

victor gattegno

Comment:

Q37 - some infos added.

FAQ

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-== Q37/ Why is the mondoarchive/mondorestore curses interface badly rendered ? ==
+== Q37/ Why is the mondoarchive/mondorestore GUI interface badly rendered ? ==
 
 The GUI interface uses newt library.
 
-Check TERM and LANG variables, the following work well:
-{{{
+Check TERM and LANG variables, the GUI needs a TERM variable (vt100 works well generally), LANG can be unset if there is a GUI problem.
+
+For example, the following work well:
+{{{
+* for SecureCRT : TERM=vt100  and  no LANG variable
+* for SecureCRT : TERM=vt220  and  no LANG variable
 * for SecureCRT : TERM=vt220  and  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-* for vncviewer : TERM=xterm  and  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-* for putty     : LANG=C
+* for vncviewer : TERM=vt100  and  no LANG variable
+* for vncviewer : TERM=vt100  and  LANG=en_US.UTF-8  (in a Gnome Terminal)
+* for vncviewer : TERM=xterm  and  LANG=en_US.UTF-8  (in a Gnome Terminal)
+* for putty     : TERM=vt100  and  no LANG variable
+* for putty     : TERM=xterm  and  no LANG variable
+* for putty     : TERM=vt100  and  LANG=C
 }}}
 Tip from Victor Gattegno.
 
-If you want to change that permanently at mondorestore start, there are two solutions.
-
-  1. you can add TERM and LANG variables in MINDI_ADDITIONAL_BOOT_PARAMS (in /usr/sbin/mindi shell-script), and then do a new mondoarchive.
+If you want to change TERM and LANG variables permanently at mondorestore start, here are two solutions:
+
+  1. you can add TERM (and LANG) variable(s) in MINDI_ADDITIONAL_BOOT_PARAMS (in /usr/sbin/mindi shell-script), and then do a new mondoarchive.
 
   2. or you can create the following mindi configuration file:
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 }}}
+
+At restore, the variables can be checked through Alt-F2 and the following command: set | grep -E 'TERM|LANG' ; usually there is only TERM='linux', but TERM=vt100 or TERM=vt220 work well too.
 
 There is also a mondorescue text mode (no GUI) ; to get that mode, instead of "interactive", you have to type "interactive textonly".