NetBSD Problem Report #60242

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Date: Fri,  8 May 2026 19:02:20 +0000 (UTC)
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Subject: OS defaults in AMD-64 unusable
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>Number:         60242
>Category:       port-amd64
>Synopsis:       OS defaults in AMD-64 unusable
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    port-amd64-maintainer
>State:          feedback
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri May 08 19:05:00 +0000 2026
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Fri May 08 20:13:42 +0000 2026
>Originator:     Greg Garrison
>Release:        11
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
I need a laptop (amd64) for running a modern web browser and xterm windows for vps remote admin. previously ran OpenBSD 7.8 flawlessly. needed to switch to another os due to hardware support issue. figured netbsd is similar. Specific issue: terminal config local and over ssh is not 2026 standard by default. i should not need to remap keys just start working.
>How-To-Repeat:
try logging into a debian 12 server from netbsd and using select paste in a tui. openbsd handles it. netbsd does not.
>Fix:
Maybe get alternative hardware and return to openbsd that knows how to handle terminal config seemlessly local and remote.

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:

State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: riastradh@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Fri, 08 May 2026 20:13:42 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
I'm having trouble understanding the symptom, or how to reproduce it.

I tried starting /usr/X11R7/bin/xterm and sshing into a Debian 12
system.  On both the local side and the remote side, I observed with
`echo $TERM' that TERM=xterm.

I tried pasting text with multiple lines, both short and long, using
middle-click.  The short lines were:

echo hello
echo world

The long lines were the same, but with `hello' and `world' repeated 300
times separated by spaces.

I tried pasting into:

- emacs -nw
- cat
- the same, under tmux

In all cases, the paste came through just fine.

Can you please provide more specific steps to reproduce, and a more
specific description of the symptom you observe?

In particular, can you please provide a transcript of:

1. what you typed,
2. what you saw (perhaps you can use script(1) to record it), and
3. what you expected to see (perhaps you can use script(1) to record
   the same on OpenBSD so we can compare the differences)?

Other information that might be relevant:
- output of `stty -a' locally and remotely
- output of `echo $TERM' locally and remotely
- output of `locale'
- the keys you mention remapping, if any
- the content of your ~/.Xdefaults and/or ~/.Xresources, if any


>Unformatted:

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