Re: 11_RC6/i386 wsvt25 console issues

On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 02:24:32PM -0700, beaker wrote:
> After updating an old i386 box from 10.1 -> 11_RC6 I noticed that
> the lynx text browser displays some serious rendering issues in the
> wscons screens (console + ttyE1-3) with TERM set to "wsvt25" or
> "wsvt25m", particularly with colors enabled.  The only TERM value
> that seems to work is "pcvt25-color".  I don't see this issue on
> the amd64 port, just the i386 port.  Also, if I don't see the issue
> if I run lynx under tmux with the standard "tmux" TERM value.

infocmp shows that "wsvt25" is supposedly supporting the back color erase
feature while pcvt25-color does not.  The back color erase feature might
depend on the hardware drivers...
 
(the "bce" feature in wsvt25 dates from testing with NetBSD 2.0 in 2004)

> Not sure how I could generate useful debug data, perhaps someone
> can suggest some approaches?
> 
> -b
> 

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Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
https://invisible-island.net

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