[6106] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.1H: DECstation console/dialup logins and term settings
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (drmorris@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Sep 26 01:54:51 1990
From: drmorris@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 90 01:54:39 EDT
System name: jump-master
Type and version: KN01 7.1H (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: PM-MONO
What were you trying to do?
Log into a DECstation on console or over dialup
What's wrong:
more, emacs, and just about any program that uses curses doesn't
run correctly. more echos the escape sequence to the screen, rather
than interpreting them. Emacs doesn't start, rather it echos the
message:
emacs: Terminal type "vt100" is not powerful enough to run Emacs.
It lacks the ability to position the cursor.
If that is not the actual type of terminal you have,
use the C-shell command `setenv TERM ...' to specify the correct type.
It may be necessary to do `unsetenv TERMCAP' as well.
If I do as emacs suggests, or use the term alias, everything is
fine. However, I shouldn't have to do it.
What should have happened:
My terminal should be set correctly when I log in.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
