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Re: "Unknown terminal type" after update from SuSE 6.2 to 6.4

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From: Bit Twister
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 00:00
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What happens if you do a
	export TERM=vt100
or
	export TERM=xterm

on a rlogin do a 
	echo $TERM
and export it on the other login types.


On Sun, 28 May 2000 19:02:19 +0200, schel@aon.at <schel@aon.at> wrote:
>Hi!
>
>After I've updated from SuSE 6.2 to 6.4 I've got the following problem:
>
>If I want to start pico I get:
>" 'ansi': unknown terminal type. "
>
>If I want to start man I get:
>"WARNING: terminal is not fully functional"
>
>And lots of other programs suck this way.
>
>It doesn't matter whether I access it with ssh or telnet.
>The only exception is rlogin.

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Subject: Re: "Unknown terminal type" after update from SuSE 6.2 to 6.4
Date: 2000/05/28
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