First character of each line on terminal window not showing
I have just installed Debian 8.11 on my G4 PowerPC, codename jessie. For some strange reason, each line on the terminal screen (aka 'the' screen) has its first character missing. I tried the checkwinsize as per
this question but to no avail. It might not be exactly one character, as for example 'root' is saying 'oot' but the screen terminates very close to the o, so might be more than exactly one character.
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I have just installed Debian 8.11 on my G4 PowerPC, codename jessie. For some strange reason, each line on the terminal screen (aka 'the' screen) has its first character missing. I tried the checkwinsize as per
this question but to no avail. It might not be exactly one character, as for example 'root' is saying 'oot' but the screen terminates very close to the o, so might be more than exactly one character.
debian terminal
edited Dec 23 '18 at 15:13
Rui F Ribeiro
39.2k1479130
asked Dec 23 '18 at 13:58
Hirek
1043
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By saying "'the' screen" are you telling us that you are not running a graphical environment such as X windows? If so this suggests that you need to adjust the monitor to reduce theoverscan, which can usually be done from the settings menu on the monitor itself.
– icarus
Dec 23 '18 at 16:00
@icarus yes no gui, just command line, and great will have a try!
– Hirek
Dec 23 '18 at 17:11
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I have just installed Debian 8.11 on my G4 PowerPC, codename jessie. For some strange reason, each line on the terminal screen (aka 'the' screen) has its first character missing. I tried the checkwinsize as per
this question but to no avail. It might not be exactly one character, as for example 'root' is saying 'oot' but the screen terminates very close to the o, so might be more than exactly one character.
debian terminal
edited Dec 23 '18 at 15:13
Rui F Ribeiro
39.2k1479130
asked Dec 23 '18 at 13:58
Hirek
1043
I have just installed Debian 8.11 on my G4 PowerPC, codename jessie. For some strange reason, each line on the terminal screen (aka 'the' screen) has its first character missing. I tried the checkwinsize as per
this question but to no avail. It might not be exactly one character, as for example 'root' is saying 'oot' but the screen terminates very close to the o, so might be more than exactly one character.
debian terminal
debian terminal
edited Dec 23 '18 at 15:13
Rui F Ribeiro
39.2k1479130
asked Dec 23 '18 at 13:58
Hirek
1043
edited Dec 23 '18 at 15:13
Rui F Ribeiro
39.2k1479130
asked Dec 23 '18 at 13:58
Hirek
1043
edited Dec 23 '18 at 15:13
Rui F Ribeiro
39.2k1479130
edited Dec 23 '18 at 15:13
Rui F Ribeiro
39.2k1479130
edited Dec 23 '18 at 15:13
Rui F Ribeiro
39.2k1479130
39.2k1479130
asked Dec 23 '18 at 13:58
Hirek
1043
asked Dec 23 '18 at 13:58
Hirek
1043
asked Dec 23 '18 at 13:58
Hirek
1043
1043
2
By saying "'the' screen" are you telling us that you are not running a graphical environment such as X windows? If so this suggests that you need to adjust the monitor to reduce theoverscan, which can usually be done from the settings menu on the monitor itself.
– icarus
Dec 23 '18 at 16:00
@icarus yes no gui, just command line, and great will have a try!
– Hirek
Dec 23 '18 at 17:11
add a comment |
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By saying "'the' screen" are you telling us that you are not running a graphical environment such as X windows? If so this suggests that you need to adjust the monitor to reduce theoverscan, which can usually be done from the settings menu on the monitor itself.
– icarus
Dec 23 '18 at 16:00
@icarus yes no gui, just command line, and great will have a try!
– Hirek
Dec 23 '18 at 17:11
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By saying "'the' screen" are you telling us that you are not running a graphical environment such as X windows? If so this suggests that you need to adjust the monitor to reduce the
overscan, which can usually be done from the settings menu on the monitor itself.– icarus
Dec 23 '18 at 16:00
By saying "'the' screen" are you telling us that you are not running a graphical environment such as X windows? If so this suggests that you need to adjust the monitor to reduce the
overscan, which can usually be done from the settings menu on the monitor itself.– icarus
Dec 23 '18 at 16:00
@icarus yes no gui, just command line, and great will have a try!
– Hirek
Dec 23 '18 at 17:11
@icarus yes no gui, just command line, and great will have a try!
– Hirek
Dec 23 '18 at 17:11
add a comment |
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By saying "'the' screen" are you telling us that you are not running a graphical environment such as X windows? If so this suggests that you need to adjust the monitor to reduce the
overscan, which can usually be done from the settings menu on the monitor itself.– icarus
Dec 23 '18 at 16:00
@icarus yes no gui, just command line, and great will have a try!
– Hirek
Dec 23 '18 at 17:11