reset??

[Sean Estabrooks]

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 12:54:30 -0700 (PDT)
Dave M <dave_nerd at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm wondering what's different between FC1 and FC2 in
> regards to the "reset" command. For instance, if you
> cat a non-text file, you can type "reset". Now when I
> do it, my cursor jumps to the top of the (viewable)
> screen - it does not fix anything, and the terminal
> seems relatively unchanged. Are there any variables I
> can check? A different alias, maybe? I've tried a few
> other things with stty, and I looked at /etc/inputrc,
> but I'm still lost.


Hi Dave,

Upgrading ncurses should correct a terminfo compile error
for xterm which should fix the reset command for you:

 ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/Fedora/RPMS/ncurses-5.4-7.i386.rpm

Good Luck,
Sean