Messages in this thread | | | From | "Ulrich Windl" <> | Date | Mon, 11 Mar 1996 09:57:16 +0100 | Subject | Re: kernel 1.3.67 and terminal |
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On 8 Mar 96 at 18:18, tpeters wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Kenneth Albanowski wrote: > > > On Thu, 29 Feb 1996, Clay Hopkins wrote: > > > > > > 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:\ > > ^^^^^^ > > Sorry for a silly response - but HOW, since terminal required for all > known editors. Okay, so it's an off-topic,much bally-hoo'd subject > [Fall/94 I think was when 'linux' console type added].
You want to say that you can't edit your file? Ever read the fine article about "ed", the editor in the Emacs etc directory?
Anyway, try "env TERM=console vi /etc/termcap or-whatever"
> > This is still a REAL pain for me ('xcept when I remember _BEFORE_ > upgrading kernel). The newest ver. of Linux I have on CD is 1.something > Slackware (ow). > > Thankfully, I haven't lost a Linux partition since the great grand > experience with big drives last fall. Kudo: Don't run >500M drives on > old IDE system. You lose data. Badly. > >
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