I use mandrake 8.1 and telnet to an HP unix server on a LAN. When I telnet in, my environment is messed up. When I run commands such as `ls -l` it is a sideways, out-of-line mess. What is the best way to make the TERM on the Linux box match the TERM on the HP Unix box? (and is that the problem?) You can usually find me at
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good you give a little more detail on how to do that? I would like to try it but I'm not exactly sure of the syntax. You can usually find me at
Can you boot mandrake into "text mode" and try telnet from there? Also try switching to another desktop run "switchdesk" or linuxconf Config->boot mode->Mode->default boot mode and click on it. Select the Graphic & Network button and Accept. --
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No luck. It's unbelievable that this is this difficult to fix. You can usually find me at
(I'm repeating wwhat I said in response to this same question in the Linux forum because you may not have gone back there to read responses)
What you need is a termcap and/or terminfo on the HP that actually matches what your Linux box is. See if you are unclear about this.
As to getting a Linux termcap or terminfo that actually works well, that's sadly another story. I've seen various claims from numerous people that they have a working solution; I've found none of them to be perfect- there's always problems somewhere- however, you can surely do beter than what you have.
In theory you would just extract the "linux" entries from your Linux termcap and /usr/lib/terminfo.src, transfer them to the HP, run tic, do a little stty to fix up the intr and backspace and that would be the end of it. In practice- well, as I said, results vary.
I did have excelent luck with a beta version of a Linux terminal emulaator from Powerterm. I understand they are releasing that soon- that actually lets you emulate a terminal that your HPO may be more happy with.
If you use and search for "linux terminal" you'll find a lot of related information
including termcaps etc. Don't expect them to be perfect- I already know that none of them are, but you should be able to at least improve things.
Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources tony@pcunix.com
What you need is a termcap and/or terminfo on the HP that actually matches what your Linux box is. See if you are unclear about this.
As to getting a Linux termcap or terminfo that actually works well, that's sadly another story. I've seen various claims from numerous people that they have a working solution; I've found none of them to be perfect- there's always problems somewhere- however, you can surely do beter than what you have.
In theory you would just extract the "linux" entries from your Linux termcap and /usr/lib/terminfo.src, transfer them to the HP, run tic, do a little stty to fix up the intr and backspace and that would be the end of it. In practice- well, as I said, results vary.
I did have excelent luck with a beta version of a Linux terminal emulaator from Powerterm. I understand they are releasing that soon- that actually lets you emulate a terminal that your HPO may be more happy with.
If you use and search for "linux terminal" you'll find a lot of related information
including termcaps etc. Don't expect them to be perfect- I already know that none of them are, but you should be able to at least improve things.
Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources tony@pcunix.com
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Have you tried typing the following, once youve connected to your remote session
tput clear
tput sgr0 (thats a zero, by the way)
the tput command uses the terminfo database to make terminal dependant capabilities and info available to the shell.
Hope it helps.
tput clear
tput sgr0 (thats a zero, by the way)
the tput command uses the terminfo database to make terminal dependant capabilities and info available to the shell.
Hope it helps.
a 'stty sane' main also help
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