[NTLUG:Discuss] terminal error

[Seth Stone]

yep, but let's disregard the X stuff, why can't I emulate a decent vt100
thru ssh.  I've used the same ssh clients on almost identical linux
machines and never received the error.  I also get the error with earlier
versions of the kernel.

seth

On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, George E. Lass wrote:

> Seth,
> 
> Do you have an entry in your /etc/termcaps file for xterm?
> 
> George
> 
> 
> Seth Stone wrote:
> > 
> > I recently upgraded to the 2.2.11 kernel and I now get the following
> > message when trying to run commands such as 'clear', 'less', and 'reset'
> > from a ssh session.
> > 
> >     'vt100': unknown terminal type
> > 
> > when in X the same thing happens with:
> > 
> >     'xterm': unknown terminal type
> > 
> > any ideas before we bail out, and try 2.2.10.
> > 
> > Seth Stone
> > <pepper at wtlug.org>
> > 
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