Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 12:24:55 -0400 From: David Banning <David@www3.pacific-pages.com> To: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> Cc: David@SkytrackerCanada.com, bsd <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Subject: setting of TERM variable in X Message-ID: <398C3FD7.2E163758@www3.pacific-pages.com> References: <398B43E8.FD986CCC@www3.pacific-pages.com> <20000805011750.A239@parish> <398C2EC4.91146CF6@www3.pacific-pages.com> <20000805164416.E254@parish>
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Mark, I am awfully sorry - I had a
setenv TERM cons25
in my .cshrc
all is fine now that I have taken it out.
Next time I will spend more time looking before posting.
cheers-
Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 11:12:04AM -0400, David Banning wrote:
> > On review - I realize my problem was not from a standard $TERM setting
> > but rather when I "su -" to root - then TERM is set to 'cons25'
> > Well, I created a file .Xdefaults and put 'XTerm*TermName: xterm-color'
> > in it
> > as you suggested - which does not work,
> >
> > but I realize now that since my question was wrong - maybe your answer
> > won't work.
> >
>
> Let me get this right. You start X and an xterm as a normal user and
> $TERM is set to ``xterm'', yes?
>
> You then ``su -'' to root and $TERM is now ``cons25''?
>
> If so then that's not what happens here:
>
> /usr/marko{115}% echo $TERM
> xterm-color
> /usr/marko{116}% su -
> Password:
> /usr/root{101}# echo $TERM
> xterm-color
> /usr/root{102}#
>
> Can you post what the above shows on your machine?
>
> >
> >
> > Mark Ovens wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 06:30:00PM -0400, David Banning wrote:
> > > >
> > > > My TERM variable is still set to cons25 even when I am in X
> > > > How can I change to xterm - (other than doing it manually)
> > > >
> > > > Is there a .profile type script for X which I could
> > > > 'setenv TERM xterm' ?
> > >
> > > Try adding this to ~/.Xdefaults or ~/.Xresources:
> > >
> > > XTerm*TermName: xterm-color
> > >
> > > remove ``-color'' if you really want a mono xterm :)
> > >
> >
> >
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