>Hi Richard -- > >You said: >> After installing Debian base packages I installed elvisnox. But, I see that >> after booting the TERM environment variable is set to cons80x25. How can I >> best set it to another value (eg linux) during boot for all users? Where is >> it set anyway? > >In looking over some old mail, I found that having TERM set to cons80x25 is >a consequence of booting an old kernel. You can check what kernel you're using >by executing > cat /proc/version >Apparently, this problem is particularly likely if one is using LILO, >and hasn't set up LILO's definition of the root directory just right. > >Newer kernels won't do this. > >HTH, >Susan Kleinmann >
Thanks for the hint. I am running both an older and newer version of LINUX. When I boot using a boot disk rather than LILO the TERM environment variable is "linux".