Scott Barker writes ("Bug#3083: incorrect console type set by getty"):
> Package: getty
> Version: 1.0-4
>
> getty incorrectly sets the terminal type as con80x25 on initial login. The new
> terminal type seems to be 'linux'
This is probably due to you running a 1.2 or early 1.3 kernel. Am I
right ? Does the problem go away with a moderately recent 1.3 ?
Ian.