Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 11:39:36 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew Perry <andrew@python.shoal.net.au> To: Jason Wells <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Terminals and environments Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970302113111.1839A-100000@python.shoal.net.au> In-Reply-To: <3318C2C5.685C@u.washington.edu>
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Can't help you much except with your university account. When I connect to a bsdi box from myu FreeBSD box it says the same thing. I just use vt100 as my terminal type. Find out what type of unix the uni is using and maybe talk to your system admin about which type of terminal you should be using. Also when you're at the uni type "echo $TERM" and it should tell you what one you're using. Hope this helps Andrew Perry andrew@shoal.net.au On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Jason Wells wrote: > This tends to be two questions in one. I gather that they are closely > related, therefore they both appear in one posting. > > Pointing me to the correct resource will be much appreciated. I seem to > be reading in circles on the topic of terminal types and the users > environment. > > I am a bash user. > > As I understand (misunderstand?) things. Please correct me if need be. > > tty = terminal type or terminal device. > > Init starts a terminal via getty for login. > > tty is connected (for lack of a better word) to the standard > input. > > After login the the users login file (.profile in my case) can be > used to set the terminal type. > > My environment is established entirely by my .profile. (I am > suspicous that this is false.) > > If I have my keyboard plugged in that is all that is necessary for > having input processed correctly. (I suspect this to be false as > well.) > > Having said the above here are my troubles. > > My environment somehow changes when I start X using startx. I noticed > this because my aliases that I established in my .profile no longer > function. By what mechanism is my environment changed when I start X? > > I seem to be stumbling upon some arbitrary changes of environment. I > doubt however that the change is arbitrary but is determined by some > code that is unknown to me. What actions does a user perform that end up > resulting in a change of environment? More specifically, are there > events other than login that change my environment without my knowing > that my environment is being changed? > > When I telnet to my university account I am able to login. After login > some commands execute and some commands return "unknown terminal type: > cons25." I guess that I have to set some terminal type in my > environment. How do I change the type of terminal that I use? What > actions does a user perform that result in a change of terminal type? > > How do I get my delete key to delete the current character position > instead of the previous character position? Perhaps this is a DOS-ism > but dammit that is how the delete should work. This little detail causes > me mucho aggravation. > -- > __ __ > / 0\ / 0\ Thank you * Highperformance.net > ) Wannabe Sysadmin * The homeless domain > )-------( Jason Wells * "Pardon me sir, spare some bandwidth?" > \_____/ >
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