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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:36:35 +0100
From: Garry Heaton <garry AT heaton6 DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Garry Heaton wrote:
> 
> 
>>Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Garry Heaton wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Reid Thompson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>after you login to your remote box run one of the following commands
>>>>>   export TERM=xterm
>>>>>or
>>>>>   export TERM=vt100
>>>>>or
>>>>>   export TERM='whatever term type you normally use & is recognized on
>>>>>the remote system"
>>>>>reid
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From: Garry Heaton [mailto:garry AT heaton6 DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk]
>>>>>>Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 7:46 AM
>>>>>>To: Cygwin
>>>>>>Subject: Limited remote terminal access via cygwin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm setting-up headless Linux/SAMBA servers for use in
>>>>>>Windows office networks which I want to admin from Windows
>>>>>>via Cygwin. When I 'ssh' into the Linux box from Cygwin I
>>>>>>only have limited terminal access. When I try to launch emacs
>>>>>>on the remote machine I get the response:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>emacs: Terminal type cygwin is not defined.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>When I examine files using 'less' I also receive the message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>WARNING: terminal is not fully functional
>>>>>>
>>>>>>With 'less' the Cygwin/Windows terminal only displays a fixed
>>>>>>% of the file examined and will not scroll to the end.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>My Cygwin environment settings are:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>ntsec check_case:strict tty
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Garry Heaton
>>>>
>>>>Tried all of these but nothing worked. I'm not running X on Cygwin. Just
>>>>console mode. Still can't scroll past the first screen of an opened file.
>>>>Emacs-nox also has display problems.
>>>>
>>>>Garry
>>>
>>>
>>>Garry,
>>>
>>>TERM should reflect the terminal you're running *in* (the one you use to
>>>ssh to the Windows machine).  Normally, ssh will inherit the TERM setting
>>>from the invoking shell.  If something resets the TERM value (I'm guessing
>>>your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile), you'll need to fix that (e.g., by
>>>putting a "[ -z TERM ]" guard).
>>>
>>>Try invoking "bash --login -v" from ssh to see if a TERM=... command is
>>>executed.
>>>      Igor
>>
>>I'm not 'ssh'-ing into the Windows machine. I'm running Cygwin on the
>>Windows machine to admin a Linux server. So far running emacs-nox produces
>>faulty screen output. 'less' also has some problems.
>>
>>Garry
> 
> 
> Ah, I misread it.  Sorry.
> 
> You can do one of three things:
> 
> 1) Use an XTerm or an RXVT window to ssh.  That way, your TERM value will
> be known on Linux.  FYI, rxvt can be used without X on Cygwin.
> 2) Set your TERM in the bash (command) window to something Linux will
> recognize and that is compatible with the console handler (I *think*
> "xterm" should work, but you'll have to try and see).  FYI, "cygwin" is
> not compatible with "vt100", AFAIK.
> 3) Make your Linux machine understand the "cygwin" TERM value by copying
> over /usr/share/terminfo/c/cygwin and the relevant part of /etc/termcap
> (for older apps).
> 
> #3 is the "right way" of fixing your problem, but may be more trouble than
> it's worth.
> 	Igor

Thanks, Igor. #3 fixed everything. How about /etc/termcap? Surely I can't
overwrite the Linux version. It's a huge file.

Garry





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