Josh,
yes, i was (ultimately) referring to telnet from nt. thanks for the pointer
to a better client for nt.
jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Rodman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 1999 8:23 PM
> To: alexm; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] telnet use of yast
>
>
> * alexm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [990422 21:33]:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Jim Frentress wrote:
> > > yast is a very good tool for quickie configuration but i have trouble
> > > with display over telnet. is there a way to run yast over telnet and
> > > get a better display?
> >
> > You need to export TERM.
> > I noticed linux usually sets it to "linux" which is usually "unknown"
> when
> > telnetting from another machine type.
> > e.g. for bash (ksh):
> > # export TERM=xterm
> > or vt100 (can't use color and function keys though),
> > or dtterm for CDE
> >
> > -alexm
>
> While Alex is, of course, correct, the system you telnet from should have
> already set the TERM variable up and transmitted this information across
> the link. If it's not there on the host system, waggle your finger at the
> admin (even if the admin is you). The command most commonly used to set
> this up is 'tset' and should probably be in your .bashrc/.cshrc in some
> form.
>
> Another possibility is you may be referring to a telnet client running on
> another type of operating system, such as Windows or a Mac. Be especially
> wary of the Windows default 'telnet' program which claims to support
> vt100, but doesn't come close to a functional implementition. You can get
> lots of better telnet clients from http://www.tucows.com. I used to use
> CRT on windows when I had to use windows at all.
>
> Best of Luck,
> -josh
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