[yocto] Unreadable menuconfig

[Marc Ferland]

Jonathan Haws <Jonathan.Haws at sdl.usu.edu> writes:

> When I run 'bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig' I was not getting a
> menuconfig - I had to tell my local.conf to use screen because auto
> was selecting a gnome terminal which would resize itself to something
> too small and menuconfig would exit with an error.
>
> Now I can get menuconfig and make changes, but it is extremely
> difficult to read.  I have attached a screenshot of what I am talking
> about.
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to fix this?  I
> would like to use the correct commands so that I don't mess anything
> up.  Right now I have resorted to running menuconfig down in my build
> directory where the .config file is stored with the kernel source.
>
> Thoughts?
>
Try:

OE_TERMINAL = "xterm"

in your local.conf

Marc