Debian bug report logs - #1096 reset with terminal type 'linux' (termcap is broken) Package: kernel/termcap ; Reported by: homey ; 111 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From interaccess.com!homey Wed Jul 12 15:07:35 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sW9wN-00063gC; Wed, 12 Jul 95 15:07 PDT Received: from psycfrnd.interaccess.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA26668 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 12 Jul 1995 15:06:03 -0700 Received: (homey@localhost) by psycfrnd.interaccess.com (8.6.12/8.6.10) id RAA03475; Wed, 12 Jul 1995 17:04:21 -0500 Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 17:04:21 -0500 (CDT) From: homey To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: reset with terminal type 'linux' (termcap is broken) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Package: kernel/termcap Version: ??? (kernel version 1.2.10) Here is a transcript: $ reset tput: Unknown terminal type 'linux' tput: Unknown terminal type 'linux' tput: Unknown terminal type 'linux' tput: Unknown terminal type 'linux' tput: Unknown terminal type 'linux' tput: Unknown terminal type 'linux' tput: Unknown terminal type 'linux' tput: Unknown terminal type 'linux' I suggest that you add a |linux after console in the termcap. I did this and it corrected the problem. I am using Debian 0.93R5 w/ kernel 1.2.10 Thanks Nick ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to homey : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1096 ; Package kernel/termcap . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov