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RE: VIOS Console session

Amen. Most of what I do these days is linux based. Even my desktop is linux. I can spin up a server on aws and ssh in and everything just works. I can get on from home via putty, and everything just works. We try to work the nix's attached to our power systems, and well paid intelligent people have spent two days trying to work around idiosyncrasies in order to get a sane config.




Kevin Bucknum
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jim Oberholtzer
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 7:29 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: VIOS Console session

Roberto,

Thanks for showing us that.

What I really need to understand is why our friends in Austin cannot for
some reason get it through their heads that it could be delivered this way
or change to the shell that 90% of the Unix community uses. The HMC is
the exact same. If it's easier to use, then the guys on the other equipment
and UNIX varieties (who do not have these issues) would be more prone to
acceptance maybe?

Oh well I just pay IBM for hardware, software, and support, so I'm just a
customer. I guess I just don't understand and therefore don't matter.

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Roberto José Etcheverry Romero
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2018 7:41 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: VIOS Console session

One thing I use in ALL my VIOS installs or updates is:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021067
Handy tip to manage the backspace key, to get history functionality (with the
up and down keys) and most important, know what VIOS you are working
on.
I also use Putty for all my ssh needs, and with the config mentioned above I
don't need to change terminal settings.
Best Regards,
Roberto

On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 6:56 PM, Jim Oberholtzer
<midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:

I don't know why they insist on the Korn shell. If you started VI
mode you can get much closer to the behavior you want. Now if they
would put the BASH shell in, that would eliminate 90% of my complaints
with VIOS.

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of
Rob Berendt
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2018 2:34 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: VIOS Console session

Just used my normal putty client again. When I go direct into vios my
backspace key continues to work as a destructive backspace.
However when I go into my hmc and then use vtmenu to get into vios my
backspace inserts some sort of control character. Rather frustrating
when you are entering in a long command and get a typo.


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