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Kyle
Asked: 2009-06-08 13:35:10 +0800 CST

cygwin termcap issue running top?

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When logging in to a Debian Sarge install from cygwin, if I run top the output is "double spaced" for lack of a better word. The end result is that I can see the last few lines for the last few processes, but its not really usable:

28849 root       9   0  1896 1884 1392 S  4.6  0.5   0:01.36 dump



28861 root      12   0  1104 1104  848 R  1.6  0.3   0:00.14 top

    5 root      10   0     0    0    0 D  0.3  0.0   0:00.01 bdflush

    1 root       8   0   444  444  396 S  0.0  0.1   0:15.48 init

    2 root       8   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.01 keventd

    3 root      19  19     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.12 ksoftirqd_CPU0

I'm pretty sure this might be a termcap issue. Am I missing something simple?

linux debian cygwin

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The www.cygwin.com mailing list seems to suggest the new "native rxvt" instead of bash in a cmd.exe Window. I have just installed it, and I must say its quite nice. Solved the top problem and it does feel much more like a proper UNIX terminal.

    For reference: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-10/msg00470.html

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  2. Works fine for me. I'd suggest running cygwin 1.7, its still beta but I've found it to be stable and has lots of improvements over the stable 1.5. Also, you will probably get better answers for this question on the cygwin mailing list.

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  3. It sounds like an issue with Cygwin. Do you have the same issue when using putty or another client?

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