Re: kernel 1.3.67 and terminal

Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com)
Tue, 5 Mar 1996 00:02:43 -0500 (EST)


On Thu, 29 Feb 1996, Clay Hopkins wrote:

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> Hiya! I've just installed kernel v. 1.3.67 on my machine, and I now get
> an error when booting that says my terminal type is unknown. When I do
> an echo TERM, I get "linux". Since the type is unknown according to the
> kernel, I can't run anything even as simple as vi! Any suggestions or
> help would be greatly appreciated.

Add "linux" to to "console" entry in your /etc/terminfo file, like this:

console|linux|con80x25|dumb:\
^^^^^^

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