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I have a Solaris 10/08 install using vi (not vim) and when I use vi to edit a file or go into cron, the screen goes into 25/80 mode and I have to send a reset or hard reset to get it back to my screen size (190x72 in this case).

vi should be using the TERM environment variable which points to xterm and the xterm entry in the /etc/termcap file (which exists) but isn't.

This works on the other 75 or so Solaris systems. This system is a specific install from a vendor vs we install Solaris and then install the application so I suspect a missing file from the distro which is why I checked the /etc/termcap file to make sure it wasn't missing the xterm entry.

I did google search this out but it's generic enough that I'm getting hundreds of thousands of hits so I thought I'd drop in and see if someone else has experienced this oddity.

Thanks.

Carl

Are you connecting to server console and using that vi command? BTW you should post it in Solaris section...

While it's happening on a unique Solaris install, I figured it might occur on other systems so it might be more helpful here.

I'm connecting through the terminal app on a MacBook Pro via ssh.

Carl

Try running resize command before you run vi.

No such command on the system.

Carl

OK, try this:

Code:

stty cols 190
stty rows 72

Then run vi.

resize is for sure on your system... but maybe not in your path. should be /usr/openwin/bin/resize, if i remember right...