Dan - I think you should just be able to type "TERM=vt100" (the 'TERMN' is in caps) On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Dan Murphy wrote: > Hi all. > Recently, I tried to telnet to another ISP on which I had an account > and after I entered my password, and the "last login" line came up, it > said "terminal type linux unknown", and dumped me. > when I tried it using Hyperterm on my other machine, it worked since > Hyperterm was set to Vt100. How do I tell Linux to tell the telnet > program to tell the remote host i'm using vt100, or one of the vt > family? > thanks. > > > > Dan Murphy > mailto:mweeby at nycap.rr.com > http://home.nycap.rr.com/mweeby > Let us not look back in anger or forward > in fear, but around us in awareness. > -- James Thurber > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > Visit me now at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck The Moon is Waning Crescent (2% of Full)