Re: Q:Terminal type not known

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

Ok, and is there a /usr/share/terminfo/l/linux and a
/usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm?  Can mere mortals (as opposed to root) read
them?

If they are not there (Ok, 6.0 veterans - 6.0 didn't move the terminfos
from the ncurses package, did they?) and ncurses is installed, I'm
befuddled and I pass the baton to anyone else who cares to take a shot. 
(I'm still running 5.2.)

By the way,
> On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 12:54:59AM +0200, Kishoree kishoree wrote:
>  > ncurses is installed but no entry for terminfo

What do you mean "no entry for terminfo"?

If they are there, my only other guess is that /usr/lib/libtermcap.so is
missing, but I would think the executable (ld, actually, I think) would
carp loudly about that when it attempted to load.

On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 01:23:43AM +0200, Kishoree kishoree wrote:
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>
> Reply-To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: Q:Terminal type not known
> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 14:45:25 -0500
> 
> Ok, maybe I assumed too much from your initial post.  Some questions:
> 
> 1. Are you logging in from text login prompt or the GUI login screen
> (from xdm, gdm, kdm(?), et al.)?
> 
> LOGGING IN TEXT LOGIN PROMPT
> 
> And that leads to the next question:
> 
> 2. Does the problem occur in a text screen or the X Window environment?
> THE PROBLEM OCCURS IN BOTH ENVIRONMENTS
> 
> 3. What is the response to
> 
>    echo $TERM
> 
> LINUX IN TEXT ENV.
> XTERN IN X WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
> 
> in the problem environment?

>  > On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 11:50:12PM +0200, Kishoree kishoree wrote:
>  >  > I upgraded my system from 5.0 to 6.0 and eversince i have not been 
> able
>  > to
>  >  > run editors like pico emacs etc. The error message that cro[s up is
>  >  > '<TERM>'unknown type or something
>  >  > suggest me a way out
>  >  >
>  >  > kishoree
>  >
>  > Cheers,
>  > --
>  > Bob McClure, Jr.            |
>  > Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.   | Trust me. I'm an engineer.
>  > robertmcclure earthlink net |

My last shot.
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