On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Janos A Csirik wrote: > I use Debian Linux on my home computer, and frequently need to log in to > some university machines which are running SunOS (4.1.3 and 5.5). > However these machines do not know about the terminal type 'linux', so I > have to use vt100, which results in screwing up my console (which I can > fix by typing reset later). This problem got worse since I started > using svgatextmode with 30 lines on my screen. >
I log in to Sun machines all the time using vt220 as terminal type. I use svgatextmode and it works for me. Doesn't screw up the console as far as I can tell. If there's a better way, though, I'd love to hear it. Havoc Pennington -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
