Close. The actual command is: "set TERM vt100". Hth. Greg On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 01:29:27PM -0500, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > 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) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup