Something that always puzzled me about installing xfree86, whether from the Xinstall shell script or manually, is during the install I am told to, a) manually edit the xterm entries in '/etc/termcap' and b) to replace the xterm entries with those found in '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/etc/xterm.termcap'. I have seen this message on all my attempts to upgrade from a prior version of xfree86 since 3.3.2 to even in the most recent 4.1.0, and I'm still uncertain of what it is I'm actually supposed to do. I know how to work with emacs, pico, and vi, so editing isn't a problem, but these instructions are far less than exacting. While this might be quite clear to those who regularly tweak or program xfree86, this is not the case with someone who's never done this before. If you actually care to open '/etc/termcap', you'll find it's quite a large file, with xterm as a common listing should you search on it within either editor for either file. Also, the difference between '/etc/termcap' and '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/etc/xterm.termcap' seems more like I'm supposed to simply concatenate /etc/termcap with the file contents of xterm.termcap as I appear to only have a listing for something like 'xterm|r10' in termcap. Thanks for any help. "Stride the storm or it will dance you." Michael D. Beams ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
