tlug: arrow keys, mc and sluggish text flow

[Tony Laszlo <laszlo@example.com>]

Well, I managed to compile the 2.2.1 kernel 
and it seems to be working well with TL's 
Chinese 3.0.2. Interestingly, the modutils 
version (2.1.55) that come with the original 
kernel (2.0.36), though it should be one of 
the newest around, was rejected during the pcmcia-cs 
compiling. I finally tried compiling pcmcia-cs 
modutils that comes with Turbolinux 3.0, (2.1.85)
and it worked.Updating to an older version seemed 
to do the trick. Mind you, I still haven't been 
able to actually mount pcmcia yet, but there 
were no errors during compilation...  
 
Though most everything seems to have survived 
the new kernel implant, there are some problems 
that need fixing right off. Please advise if they 
sound familiar. 

I should also mention that I updated the Xwindows, 
tcl and some other things with the files from 
TL's update disk for TLJ 3.0 . Also that these 
problems (pretty sure all of them) go away when 
I switch back to the 2.0.36 kernel.  

1) with less, ls -lart and anything else that causes 
data to flow vertically across the screen, the data 
flow is much slower than it was before with the 
older kernel. 

2) I can't delete, type or move the cursor by holding 
down the appropriate key. for example, characters 
must be deleted one by one by pressing and releasing 
the backspace key. must fix this; I use those arrow 
keys quite a bit. 

3) when terminating midnight commander I get an xterm 
full of digital garbage. I heard this might be a tcl 
problem, but haven't seen how to fix it yet. I can 
live with this app but prefer to fix it as I use it 
from time to time. 

4) ppp connects but I can neither send/receive mail nor 
use the web browser. fetchmail then times out. this 
doesn't happen all the time, but most of the time. 
reducing the modem speed setting had no effect... 
Does this have to do with the fact that /dev/cua? system  
is not supported? I changed the /dev/cua(1) in 
ppp-on to the appropriate ttyS1. Is that all it 
takes to fix the problem? is this cua/ tty?? thing 
not related? 
  
Thanks! 
(hoping soon to settle down with a stable environment, 
stop tweaking and get back to work! )

 


 





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