"Bilbo" <bilbono@spamnedlinux.nl> wrote:
> There is something anoying me. And that is whenever I'm in the process
> of compiling some software (./configure, make, make install (or
> checkinstall)) my terminal gets screwed up.

What kind of software is doing this? Check what the Makefile is doing,
maybe it prints some kind of control sequences to your terminal.

I'm not that familiar with rxvt myself as I prefer xterm, but if the
terminal gets in a bad mode which could happen if you do something like
typing a binary file (cat /bin/ls) it most often helps to type "reset". That
is type "reset" at the prompt, do not press any reset-button :-)

regards Henrik
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