Is tput broken> or the Linux termcap entry> or what

[Stan Brown]

        Please observe the folowing demo.


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$ export TERM=vt100

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$ tput lines
24

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$ export TERM=Linux

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$ tput lines
Memory fault(coredump)

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$ 

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        Anybody have any idea what going on here? Debian 1.1 out of the box.

        Any sugestiosn as to what to look for to fix this?

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