Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:48:57 -0600 From: "William M. Grim" <wgrim@siue.edu> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: zera holladay <zera_holladay@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: cons25 and xterm Message-ID: <4019B809.4020209@siue.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040129232502.GA24592@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> References: <20040129231637.28637.qmail@web41408.mail.yahoo.com> <20040129232502.GA24592@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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Erik Trulsson wrote: >On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 03:16:37PM -0800, zera holladay wrote: > > >>Hello, when I ssh to my school Unix account >>(unfortunately solaris) from my local host's command >>line and when I attempt to clear the screen, I get an >>error message from the remote host: `cons25`: unknown >>terminal type. The remote host is $TERM=xterm. My >>local machine is FreeBSD's default $TERM=cons25. >> >>My question is: how can I switch my local terminal >>type so that it works correctly with the remote >>machine? I don't want to install X, but if that is >>the only option then I'll reconsider. >> >> > >The way I handle that problem is to run screen(1) (from the >sysutils/screen port) locally, and set TERM=vt102 on the remote >machine. Works perfectly. > >The "correct" solution is of course to upgrade the terminal >descriptions on the remote machine to include 'cons25', but that might >not be practical in this case. > > > > In your .profile (or equivalent file) on the remote system, set TERM=ansi. ansi terminals on Sun have full colors support, etc. -- William Michael Grim Student, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Unix Network Administrator, SIUE, Computer Science dept. Phone: (217) 341-6552 Email: wgrim@siue.edu
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