Ctrl+Shift+6 then X

Mon Feb 23 11:35:01 UTC 2009

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:28:17 +0200
"Bruce Grobler" <bruce at yoafrica.com> wrote:

> Oh wow, that worked like a charm !!!! Thanks a bunch!!! :D
> 

What, nobody's using vt220s anymore?

(Almost bought one (or rather a vt420) off ebay for fun to plug in to
one of our 2500 terminal servers for the machine room - but realised
that not having cut-and-paste would be very annoying.)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Moriniaux Michel [mailto:mmoriniaux at prosodie.com] 
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 11:18 AM
> To: Bruce Grobler; nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: RE: Ctrl+Shift+6 then X
> 
> Hi,
> Yep does that all the time the worst is on a traceroute where it seems you
> need to wait for the end of line to send the ctrl+shift+6.
> Workaround on cisco:
> Line con 0
>  Escape-character 3
> Line vty 0 4
>  Escape-character 3
> 
> Whith this you can just CTRL+C 
> 
> Cheers,
> Michel Moriniaux
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Bruce Grobler [mailto:bruce at yoafrica.com] 
> Envoyé : lundi 23 février 2009 09:22
> À : nanog at nanog.org
> Objet : FW: Ctrl+Shift+6 then X
> 
> Hi Guys,
> 
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> 
> If anyone can tell me how to resolve this issue there's a strong possibility
> of a fedex'd beer. 
> 
>  
> 
> Using Putty or any other ssh/telnet terminal I find that Ctrl+Shift+6 then X
> (on a cisco) works only sometimes after beating your keyboard multiple times
> with a hammer, has anyone else come across or had a solution to this problem
> ? 
> 
>  
> 
> Regards,
> 
>  
> 
> Bruce Grobler
> 
> Yo!Africa  - Network Engineer
> 
> Landline: +263-4-701300, Cellphone: +263-91-2364532
> 
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