cons25 and xterm

[zera holladay]

Hello, when I ssh to my school Unix account
(unfortunately solaris) from my local host's command
line and when I attempt to clear the screen, I get an
error message from the remote host: `cons25`: unknown
terminal type. The remote host is $TERM=xterm. My
local machine is FreeBSD's default $TERM=cons25.

My question is: how can I switch my local terminal
type so that it works correctly with the remote
machine? I don't want to install X, but if that is
the only option then I'll reconsider.

Thank you,

-zh

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[Erik Trulsson]

Post by zera holladay
Hello, when I ssh to my school Unix account
(unfortunately solaris) from my local host's command
line and when I attempt to clear the screen, I get an
error message from the remote host: `cons25`: unknown
terminal type. The remote host is $TERM=xterm. My
local machine is FreeBSD's default $TERM=cons25.
My question is: how can I switch my local terminal
type so that it works correctly with the remote
machine? I don't want to install X, but if that is
the only option then I'll reconsider.

The way I handle that problem is to run screen(1) (from the
sysutils/screen port) locally, and set TERM=vt102 on the remote
machine. Works perfectly.

The "correct" solution is of course to upgrade the terminal
descriptions on the remote machine to include 'cons25', but that might
not be practical in this case.

[William M. Grim]

Post by Erik Trulsson

Post by zera holladay
Hello, when I ssh to my school Unix account
(unfortunately solaris) from my local host's command
line and when I attempt to clear the screen, I get an
error message from the remote host: `cons25`: unknown
terminal type. The remote host is $TERM=xterm. My
local machine is FreeBSD's default $TERM=cons25.
My question is: how can I switch my local terminal
type so that it works correctly with the remote
machine? I don't want to install X, but if that is
the only option then I'll reconsider.

The way I handle that problem is to run screen(1) (from the
sysutils/screen port) locally, and set TERM=vt102 on the remote
machine. Works perfectly.
The "correct" solution is of course to upgrade the terminal
descriptions on the remote machine to include 'cons25', but that might
not be practical in this case.

In your .profile (or equivalent file) on the remote system, set
TERM=ansi. ansi terminals on Sun have full colors support, etc.

[Jamie Bowden]

Post by zera holladay
Hello, when I ssh to my school Unix account
(unfortunately solaris) from my local host's command
line and when I attempt to clear the screen, I get an
error message from the remote host: `cons25`: unknown
terminal type. The remote host is $TERM=xterm. My
local machine is FreeBSD's default $TERM=cons25.

Once you've logged into the Solaris box:

setenv TERM sun

or whatever equivalent is appropriate for your shell. This works for me
logging into Sun and SGI boxes from a FreeBSD console. You can also set
it to vt100, but type sun appears to be slightly more SCO compatibile to
me.

Jamie Bowden