Responding to screen messages
Use this procedure to respond to and recover from screen messages.
- Make sure the DISPLAY environment
variable is set correctly. Use either of the following methods to
check the DISPLAY environment:
- Use the setsenv command
to display the environment variables.
setsenv
The setsenv command displays the protected state environment when you logged in.
Determine if the DISPLAY variable has been set. In the following example, the DISPLAY variable does not appear, which indicates that the DISPLAY variable is not set to a specific value.
SYSENVIRON: NAME=casey TTY=/dev/pts/5 LOGNAME=casey LOGIN=casey
OR
- Change the value of the DISPLAY variable.
For example, to set it to the machine named
bastet
and terminal 0, enter:DISPLAY=bastet:0 export DISPLAY
If not specifically set, the DISPLAY environment variable defaults to
unix:0
(the console). The value of the variable is in the format name:number where name is the host name of a particular machine, and number is the X server number on the named system.
- Use the setsenv command
to display the environment variables.
- Reset the terminal to its defaults using the following stty command:
stty sane
The stty sane command restores the “sanity” of the terminal drivers. The command outputs an appropriate terminal resetting code from the /etc/termcap file (or /usr/share/lib/terminfo if available).
- If the Return key does not work correctly, reset it by
typing:
^J stty sane ^J
The ^J represents the Ctrl-J key sequence.