From adcd635d96e92faf07869374ed688821c2d02f00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pjanzen Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 03:26:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Adapted from NetBSD: mention the 'al'/'AL' console mode bug and its workaround --- share/man/man4/man4.sparc/cgsix.4 | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.sparc/cgsix.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.sparc/cgsix.4 index 5189ce84bcf..4bb8d41155a 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.sparc/cgsix.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.sparc/cgsix.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: cgsix.4,v 1.7 1999/09/09 02:40:21 jason Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: cgsix.4,v 1.8 2000/04/21 03:26:36 pjanzen Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: cgsix.4,v 1.4 1998/06/11 08:32:20 fair Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright 1994 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)cgsix.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 2/16/94 -.\" $Id: cgsix.4,v 1.7 1999/09/09 02:40:21 jason Exp $ +.\" $Id: cgsix.4,v 1.8 2000/04/21 03:26:36 pjanzen Exp $ .\" .Dd February 16, 1994 .Dt CGSIX 4 sparc @@ -63,4 +63,30 @@ It supports the minimal ioctl's needed to run .Xr cgthree 4 , .Xr cgtwo 4 , .Xr p9100 4 , -.Xr tcx 4 , +.Xr tcx 4 +.Sh BUGS +Several firmware revisions of the +.Nm cgsix , +in particular those found in the SparcStation 5, have a +bug that occurs when the screen control sequences for inserting blank lines +(i.e., the control sequences produced by the +.So al Sc and So AL Sc +capabilities found in the +.Xr termcap 5 +database) are used near the bottom end of the screen. +This bug is most likely to be encountered during the +use of a full-screen editor such as +.Xr vi 1 +on the workstation's console. +.Pp +To work around this bug, the +.Ev TERM +environment variable should be set to +.Sq sun-ss5 , +which is the same as the +.Sq sun +entry except without the +.Sq al +and +.Sq AL +capabilities. -- 2.20.1