Re: No termcap entry for VT100

[Lukas Ruf <ruf@rawip.org>]

Russell,

On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Russell wrote:

> Lukas Ruf wrote:
> > 
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > trying to launch:
> > 
> >   uccellina:~!63> minicom -o -l -m -t VT100
> > 
> > resulted in:
> > 
> >   No termcap entry for VT100
> > 
> > How can I configure the VT100 terminal emulation in the termcap(?) ?
> 
> man minicom
> 
> -t VT100 overide the TERM environment variable, using a TERMCAP entry.
> 
> IIRC, termcap isn't used on debian and is obsoleted by terminfo.
>
Well, it was not my invention what I read on the console ,-)

> Try:
>   uccellina:~!63> minicom -o -l -m
> 
This does not help.  I need to use VT100, minicom tries to make use of
VT102 -- which results in garbage on screen.

Thanks anyway -- obviously, I have to stick to Windoofs :-(
-- 
Lukas Ruf
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