<div dir="ltr">I hit a similar problem, and I have been toying with the idea of adding support for basic ansi escapes to iPXE and rewriting the full screen parts to use it (menu, login, and config) to test feasibility and code size but due to other projects I have not gone farther than that. Also remember that iPXE is optimized for small code size with few optimizations of memory usage, or processor time. I do use the serial interface extensively (normally mirroring the local screen) and have not seen that problem with minicom, seyon, screen, or cu (nothing special setup from normal other than N81 and baud rate) using my default xterm that I use for everything (utf8 wheat on black) </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Sven Dreyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sven@dreyer-net.de" target="_blank">sven@dreyer-net.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi list,<br>
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I normally use iPXE on a VGA screen (BIOS mode). But I also own some PC Engines ALIX / APU boards. Those do not have a VGA part, so I need to use the serial port.<br>
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When using "login" command, it looks a bit weird, because everytime I type a character, the whole line is repeated. Typing my username "sven" would result in<br>
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s sv sve sven<br>
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The "menu" command behaves the same way, if I have four entries, it looks like<br>
<br>
FirstEntry SecondEntry ThirdEntry<br>
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When moving the cursor to the second entry, it changes to<br>
<br>
FirstEntry SecondEntry ThirdEntry SecondEntry<br>
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I saw this with PuTTY, screen and minicom.<br>
<br>
Is this normal behaviour or do I need to set a specific terminal emulation on the PC I have connected to the other end of the serial cable?<br>
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Thanks!<br>
Sven<br>
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