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137. Unknown Terminal Type linux and Similar




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This article is from the Frequently Asked Questions for Linux, the Free/Open Source UNIX-like operating system kernel that runs on many modern computer systems. Maintained by David C. Merrill with numerous contributions by others. (v1.0).

137. Unknown Terminal Type linux and Similar

A: In early kernels the default console terminal type has changed from console to linux. You must edit /etc/termcap to change the line reading:

 console|con80x25:                                                           

to

 linux|console|con80x25:                                                     

(there may be an additional dumb in there - if so it should be removed.)

To get the editor to work you may need type:

 $ TERM=console                                                              

(for bash and ksh), or

 $ setenv TERM console                                                       

for csh or tcsh.

Some programs use /usr/lib/terminfo instead of /etc/termcap. For these programs you should upgrade your terminfo package, which is part of ncurses.

The same is true for X terminal displays. If your distribution sets the TERM to something strange like xterm-24-color, you can simply reset it to a generic value from the command line:

 $ TERM="xterm"; export TERM                                                 

 

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