[NTLUG:Discuss] terminal error

[Greg E]

Just a shot in the dim light:) but could your securetty file have gotten
changed and dropped some of the goddies your use too?  That's if your
running PAM of course.

Greg E


Seth Stone wrote:
> 
> 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>