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In <4lms78$9j6@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> rwi@arcadia.cs.rmit.edu.au (Ross Irvine) writes:

>Ross Irvine (rwi@arcadia.cs.rmit.edu.au) wrote:
>: After reinstalling Redhat 3.0.3 I have found out the reason Minicom exits with
>: "data termcap database" as in the redhat csh.cshrc file sets the minicom
>: command line
>: to use a terminal emulation called mc which mine doesn't have. I'm running
>: term=linux on my virutal consoles, but minicom isn't displaying the
>: extended characters..

>Naturally, 5 Minutes are I post I fix my own problem. It was the command
>line switch -l. Bloody stupid defaults by RedHat.. Still don't understand
>why the term was set to mc which I don't have..

>: Also what are the correct file privs for minicom and the /var/lock
>: directory and ownerships, as no-one but root can run minicom and create a
>: lockfile in /var/lock.

>Still need the answer to this if anyone has the info. Minicom worked fine
>under slackware, but not so good under RedHat 3.0.3

I am about to do just that... install minicom on RH...
Have you tried to simply compile minicom the way you want it on RH instead
of relying on the way someone else did it... for 'general' systems... ?
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