This is a shameful direct copy of the information from this link.
To make it all work right, you need to twiddle the following configuration settings:
Terminal → Keyboard:
Change the sequences sent by: The Functions keys and Keypad:
Select Linux.
Window → Appearance:
Font settings:
Pick a font that contains the Unicode line drawing characters, such as Andale Mono or Lucida Console. (Unfortunately Vista’s gorgeous new Consolas font does not have those.)
Window → Translation:
Character set translation on received data:
Select UTF-8.
Adjust how PuTTY handles line drawing characters:
Select Use Unicode line drawing code points.
Connection → Data:
Terminal details: Terminal-type string:
Enter “linux”.
Now line drawing characters should show up as they are supposed to.
~ts~
Tried to update my Ubuntu host today and it did pickup that new version of VirtualBox is available (4.1.8). All other packages installed properly except that VirtualBox installation was complaining about missing dkms.conf file, see error message below. $: sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup * Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ] * Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file. File: does not exist. [ OK ] * Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS [ OK ] * Starting VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ] Though it looks like installation was fine but I am concerned about its effects to VirtualBox functionality. To fix this, do: $: cd /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost $: sudo rm -r 4.1.4 $: sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup Of course you have to re...
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