[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 04:00:03PM -0500, Stephen E. Hargrove wrote: >> what are my available choices as to terminal types? when i telnet into a >> redhat box, it replies that debian-terminal is unknown. i'd like to set >> my TERM environment that would let me telnet between different boxes with >> no problems. any suggestions? > >I just stuck this in my ~/.bashrc >export TERM=xterm >for the very same reason.
I'd suggest: [ "$DISPLAY" ] && export TERM=xterm ... in case you might ever want to log in on a virtual console. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
