Console based IRC problem

[liquidzoo]

Here's the problem:

 

Whenever I run any console based IRC program on my laptop in Eterm; everything seems to work just fine until the console window get's full, then only the last line gets replaced. There is no auto-scrolling at all. I know there's got to be a simple solution to this, but I haven't found it yet. Here's what I have:

 

Eterm-0.9.2-3mdk

irssi-0.8.9-2mdk

 

Both are the most current, Eterm version has not changed since 9.2 (at least). I have upgraded my laptop to cooker, so everything on there should be as current as it can be (nightly urpmi updates).

 

Here's the kicker, I have the same version of Eterm, and version 0.8.9-0.1.92mdk of irssi on my desktop, XFree86 version is the same (4.4-0.902.3mdk), and it works fine there.

 

Before anyone states the obvious, I have uninstalled both Eterm and irssi and removed any traces of them on my laptop before reinstalling both, and the same issue is still happening.

 

Also, irssi works in aterm; but I really want Eterm (aterm is ugly, IMO), and this problem also happens with BitchX.

 

Anyone out there having this problem? Or has anyone had this problem before and know the solution?

[Steve Scrimpshire]

As you know, I have this problem, too. Here's my ncurses version for the record:

ncurses-5.3-1.20040125.2mdk

libncurses5-devel-5.3-1.20040125.2mdk

libncurses5-5.3-1.20040125.2mdk

 

Edit:

I did

rpm -e --nodeps ncurses-5.3-1.20040125.2mdk libncurses5-devel-5.3-1.20040125.2mdk libncurses5-5.3-1.20040125.2mdk

 

and installed (from the 9.2 mirrors):

ncurses-5.3-1.20030215.3mdk.i586.rpm

libncurses5-5.3-1.20030215.3mdk.i586.rpm libncurses5-devel-5.3-1.20030215.3mdk.i586.rpm

Edited February 5, 2004 by Steve Scrimpshire

[Steve Scrimpshire]

To avoid urpmi --auto --auto-select from updating those, you can add this to /etc/urpmi/skip.list:

 

ncurses

libncurses5