Thus spake Theo Bierman: > Hi All > > On installatin of Debian comes Eterm, however I also installed aterm. When in aterm I ssh to another machine and then I cannot vi files: > > vi: No terminal database found > > This does however work with Eterm.... > > Should I have installed aterm with extra parameters? Try echo $TERM in both - they're probably different. For ssh sessions into boxes not of my making, I often do TERM=linux ssh <blah blah>. That sets the $TERM for just that shell - you can try xterm or Eterm or whatever you like instead. HTH, Steve -- Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. -- Abraham Lincoln
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