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Date:      Sat, 13 Mar 1999 19:57:27 -0600
From:      Alan Weber <aaweber@austin.rr.com>
To:        Mike Jakubik <wettoast@sprint.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Error opening terminal: cons25 (linux emu.)
Message-ID:  <19990313195726.A1639@austin.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <36EADE59.E9E9432F@sprint.ca>; from Mike Jakubik on Sat, Mar 13, 1999 at 04:53:30PM -0500
References:  <36EADE59.E9E9432F@sprint.ca>

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On Sat, Mar 13, 1999 at 04:53:30PM -0500, Mike Jakubik wrote:
--> Hello, does anyone else get this problem on any linux emulated programs?
--> I get this on 2 program that i need to use, none of them have the source
--> code available. 1 is a linux emulated program other is native freebsd
--> code, and both give me the error Error opening terminal: cons25 (or any
--> other term i set to) Someone told me ncurses is needed, so i installed
--> it via the ports , and i still get the same error. Could anyone PLEASE
--> help me out? I really need these programs working.
--> 
-->     Thank you.

This is a problem with the TERM environment variable. Try TERM=ansi or 
TERM=vt100. 

-- 
When I was a kid I had to rub sticks together to multiply and divide numbers. 
A calculator was a job description.


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