Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 15:13:40 -0400 From: "Troy Settle" <rewt@i-Plus.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Donald Burr" <dburr@POBoxes.com> Subject: Re: Adding linux terminal entry in FreeBSD 2.2.2 - how? Message-ID: <199707111908.PAA26903@radford.i-plus.net>
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It'll take some work to get a linux term entry. What I've done in the past, was set my term to vt100. Works great... haven't ever had a problem with it. However, telnet from FreeBSD to other machines is another problem altogether... I've never been able to find a term type that works seemlessly. Usually, the best I can manage, is a functional keyboard, and a jumpy display. Troy Settle <st@i-Plus.net> Network Administrator, iPlus Internet Services http://www.i-Plus.net ---- From: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Friday, July 11, 1997 1:18 PM Subject: Adding linux terminal entry in FreeBSD 2.2.2 - how? >I just added a new FreeBSD 2.2.2 box to my home ethernet. I strongly >doubt that hardware has anything to do with this problem, so the details >aren't that important. Suffice it to say that this is a FreeBSD 2.2.2 >system running on a fairly generic 486 with 16 MB of RAM. > >I've also got a Linux machine here at home (running RedHat 4.2, based on >kernel 2.0.30). This is also a 486, incidentally, but with 24 MB of RAM. > >Alot of times I am on the Linux machine on a text console (I don't use X >that much) and need to telnet or rlogin into my FreeBSD box. Alot of >times I need to use programs that use full-screen mode, such as "vi", >"trn", "nn", etc. > >Unfortunately, I get the following error message when I telnet or rlogin >in to my FreeBSD box: > >---------- >[dburr@greatbird dburr]$ telnet voyager >Trying 192.160.60.3... >Connected to voyager.starfleet.gov. >Escape character is '^]'. > >FreeBSD (voyager.starfleet.gov) (ttyp0) > >login: dburr >Password: >Last login: Fri Jul 11 09:26:15 from starfleet.gov >Copyright (c) 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > >FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE (VOYAGER) #0: Wed Jul 9 20:49:02 PDT 1997 > >Welcome aboard the U.S.S. Voyager! > >tcsh: No entry for terminal type "linux" >tcsh: using dumb terminal settings. >[dburr@voyager:101]% >---------- > >"Hmm," I thought, "guess FreeBSD doesn't know about the 'linux' terminal." >So I figured I'd rip out the "linux" entry in /etc/termcap on my linux box >and stick it in /etc/termcap on my FreeBSD box. This is the entry I used: > >---------- >linux|linux console:\ > :am:eo:mi:ms:ut:xn:xo:\ > :co#80:it#8:li#25:\ > :&7=^Z:@7=\E[4~:AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:\ > :F1=\E[23~:F2=\E[24~:F3=\E[25~:F4=\E[26~:F5=\E[28~:\ > :F6=\E[29~:F7=\E[31~:F8=\E[32~:F9=\E[33~:FA=\E[34~:\ > :IC=\E[%d@:K2=\E[G:al=\E[L:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:\ > :ch=\E[%i%dG:cl=\E[H\E[J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:\ > :cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:cv=\E[%i%dd:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:\ > :do=^J:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:k1=\E[[A:\ > :k2=\E[[B:k3=\E[[C:k4=\E[[D:k5=\E[[E:k6=\E[17~:\ > :k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:k;=\E[21~:kB=\E[Z:\ > :kD=\E[3~:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=^H:kd=\E[B:\ > :kh=\E[1~:kl=\E[D:kr=\E[C:ku=\E[A:le=^H:mr=\E[7m:\ > :nd=\E[C:nw=^M^J:r1=\Ec:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:sf=^J:sr=\EM:\ > :st=\EH:ta=^I:u6=\E[%i%d;%dR:u7=\E[6n:u8=\E[?6c:\ > :u9=\E[c:up=\E[A:vb=200\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:\ > :vi=\E[?25l:tc=klone+sgr:tc=klone+color:tc=klone+acs: >linux-m|Linux console no color:\ > :Co@:pa@:\ > :AB@:AF@:Sb@:Sf@:tc=linux: >---------- > >(of course, to do this, I had to load up X, because FreeBSD had a >pretty decent (i.e. working) "xterm" termcap entry.) After adding these >lines to /etc/termcap, I was then able to log in to FreeBSD from a Linux >console without the "no entry for terminal type 'linux'" message... BUT I >still couldn't use visual-mode programs! Witness the following two error >messages, one from the "clear" command (which simply clears the screen... >or should, at any rate), and one from the "vi" command: > >---------- >[dburr@voyager:101]% clear >tput: tgetent failure: No such file or directory >[dburr@voyager:102]% vi foo.c >ex/vi: Error: linux: No such file or directory >[dburr@voyager:103]% >---------- > >I must confess that I am at a total loss here. What does this error mean, >and how can I fix it? > >If you folks can offer any suggestions whatsoever, I'd be very grateful. >Please either respond to the list or (preferably, if possible) send me an >e-mail response as well. > >Thank you in advance for your assistance! > >Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> - Ask me for my PGP key | PGP: Your >WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to >Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. >Phone: (805) 564-1871 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. > >
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