Hi! The export, or 'set' in this case term variable works. However, I modifed the .login file as you suggested set TERMINFO=~/.terminfo, but it still doesn't recognize xterm-debian when I login. :(. Any ideas? The shell is csh.
Many Thanx, Timothy > I know of two possibilities... > > The simple fix (that gets tedious after a while) is to do an > "export TERM=xterm" on the AIX machine each time you login. > > The nearly as simple fix (that is automatic once it is set up) is > to create a ~/.terminfo/x/ directory on your non-Debian account. > Copy /etc/terminfo/x/xterm-debian from your Debian machine to the > new .terminfo directory and, in your non-Debian machine shell > initialization scripts (i.e. .bashrc), add "export > TERMINFO=~/.terminfo". That will do it. I also tend to make a > copy of terminfo/r/rxvt for machines that don't have rxvt > entries. > > Mike > > -- > Michael A. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ---------------------------------- E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 26-Aug-98 Time: 20:26:35 This message was sent by XFMail. Powered by GNU/Linux 2.0. ----------------------------------