Changing the terminal type

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Dan -
I think you should just be able to type "TERM=vt100" (the 'TERMN'
is in caps)

On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Dan Murphy wrote:

> Hi all.
> Recently, I tried to telnet to another ISP on which I had an account
> and after I entered my password, and the "last login" line came up, it
> said "terminal type linux unknown", and dumped me.
> when I tried it using Hyperterm on my other machine, it worked since
> Hyperterm was set to Vt100.  How do I tell Linux to tell the telnet
> program to tell the remote host i'm using vt100, or one of the vt
> family?
> thanks.
>
>
>
> Dan Murphy
> mailto:mweeby at nycap.rr.com
> http://home.nycap.rr.com/mweeby
> Let us not look back in anger or forward
> in fear, but around us in awareness.
>                 -- James Thurber
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

Visit me now at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck
The Moon is Waning Crescent (2% of Full)