SUMMARY: TERM in singleuser mode

From: LBRO <lbro_at_dscc.dk>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 11:47:41 +0100

     Hi, everybody.
     
     Thanks for the many answers. As you all see, the majority vote for
     vt100.
     
     Graham McKenzie ansi
     Hans Ullitz-Moeller vt100 vt200 vt300
     Bernt Christandel vt100
     Knut Hellebø vt100
     Richard Jackson vt100
     Dr. Tom Blinn vt100
     Steven LaBelle vt100, vt200, vt220
     Paul Kitwin vt100
     Jim R Jones ansi
     Robert McMillin ansi
     Jim Bellonis vt100
     Susan Rodriques vt100
     
     
     I forgot to tell about the system as I thought much systems have the
     same console, a PC display connected to some kind of VGA or SVGA card.
     This system is an AlphaServer 1000A, quite new.
     
     When I
     
>>> boot -flags s
     # bcheckrc
     
     # TERM=....
     # export TERM
     # vi /etc/passwd
     
     
     Then none of the above seem to work. And not even 'pccons' or whatever
     is to be found in /usr/lib/terminfo. I hope, there may be some setup
     parameter by which to define the console terminal emulation.
     
     
     Yours, Lars Bro
     
     (ps. What are those VGA consoles good for, anyway. We have tens of
     alphas and a huge expensive unit to switch around between those consoles, very fancy. I am used to serial consoles and a very cheap
     RS232 switch. And the last messages go away if a system crashes. it
     certainly goes into black. Silly things !!)
     
Received on Fri Feb 06 1998 - 11:46:10 NZDT