#1109032 iftop: bars missing and mqqqvqq… in GNU screen

Package:
iftop
Source:
iftop
Description:
displays bandwidth usage information on an network interface
Submitter:
Thorsten Glaser
Date:
2025-07-10 00:51:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1109032#5
Date:
2025-07-10 00:48:16 UTC
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Under GNU screen, iftop renders its UI badly. Without GNU screen,
in the same uxterm, it’s much nicer. There’s no reason this couldn’t
work under GNU screen as well, as e.g. mc handles it well.

TERM=screen

Incidentally, running…

$ sudo env TERM=xterm iftop

… provides me with the full UI, so…