Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 13:35:57 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: jack <jack@diamond.xtalwind.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: term probs Message-ID: <19971012133557.09865@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971011220518.5204A-100000@zeus.xtalwind.net>; from jack on Sat, Oct 11, 1997 at 10:11:30PM -0400 References: <19971012111145.18206@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971011220518.5204A-100000@zeus.xtalwind.net>
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On Sat, Oct 11, 1997 at 10:11:30PM -0400, jack wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Oct 11, 1997 at 09:24:15PM -0400, Matthew Hayton wrote:
>>> I recently installed FreeBSD-2.2.2 Release and am having problems
>>> with the terminal type. For example, in order to connect to by friend's
>>> linux box, i have to redefine the term type ('env def TERM vt100') under
>>> telnet, otherwise the connection is refused.
>>
>> Really? That sounds like a bug to me.
>
> In Linux maybe.
Sure. That's what I meant.
> What happens is that Linux doesn't recognize cons25 and rather than
> say so and ask for a TERM type (a la BSDI) it just refuses the
> connection. It will do that with any TERM that isn't defined in its
> termcap.
Which RFC allows that?
> Not very sociable, IMO. :)
A bug IMO.
Greg
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