Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 19:57:27 -0600 From: Alan Weber <aaweber@austin.rr.com> To: Mike Jakubik <wettoast@sprint.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error opening terminal: cons25 (linux emu.) Message-ID: <19990313195726.A1639@austin.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <36EADE59.E9E9432F@sprint.ca>; from Mike Jakubik on Sat, Mar 13, 1999 at 04:53:30PM -0500 References: <36EADE59.E9E9432F@sprint.ca>
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On Sat, Mar 13, 1999 at 04:53:30PM -0500, Mike Jakubik wrote: --> Hello, does anyone else get this problem on any linux emulated programs? --> I get this on 2 program that i need to use, none of them have the source --> code available. 1 is a linux emulated program other is native freebsd --> code, and both give me the error Error opening terminal: cons25 (or any --> other term i set to) Someone told me ncurses is needed, so i installed --> it via the ports , and i still get the same error. Could anyone PLEASE --> help me out? I really need these programs working. --> --> Thank you. This is a problem with the TERM environment variable. Try TERM=ansi or TERM=vt100. -- When I was a kid I had to rub sticks together to multiply and divide numbers. A calculator was a job description. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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