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#1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 06:18 AM

What is the preferred TERM value for an AIX 5.2 command line window? I've
been hopping in from the HMC console and it never sets the TERM value. So
I've defaulted to back VT100, safe but limited in function. So what should
I be setting my TERM value to?

#2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 06:19 AM

dtterm ?

"Eigenvector" <m44_master@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> What is the preferred TERM value for an AIX 5.2 command line window? I've
> been hopping in from the HMC console and it never sets the TERM value. So
> I've defaulted to back VT100, safe but limited in function. So what
> should
> I be setting my TERM value to?
>
>

#3 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 06:19 AM

"Eigenvector" <m44_master@yahoo.com> wrote in
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> What is the preferred TERM value for an AIX 5.2 command line window?
There is no "prefered" value. You set it to whatever terminal
emulator/physical terminal is attached to it.

A physical TTY port has a terminal connected to it.

A virtual tty on a p5 is connected to by a vt emulator. vt320 if I'm not
mistaken.

> I've been hopping in from the HMC console and it never sets the TERM
> value.
That's because there is no secure way of interrogating a serial terminal to
know the TERM type.

As a contrast, telnet and rsh have specific support to transmit the current
value of the TERM setting.

> So I've defaulted to back VT100, safe but limited in function.
> So what should I be setting my TERM value to?
Try vt420, 320, 220.

--
Doing AIX support was the most monty-pythonesque
activity available at the time.
Eagerly awaiting my thin chocolat mint.

#4 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 06:19 AM

"Jose Pina Coelho" <eresquigal@netcabo.pt> wrote in message
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> "Eigenvector" <m44_master@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:fbi7e.63$Or4.875@news.uswest.net:
>
> > What is the preferred TERM value for an AIX 5.2 command line window?
> There is no "prefered" value. You set it to whatever terminal
> emulator/physical terminal is attached to it.
>
> A physical TTY port has a terminal connected to it.
>
> A virtual tty on a p5 is connected to by a vt emulator. vt320 if I'm not
> mistaken.
>
>
> > I've been hopping in from the HMC console and it never sets the TERM
> > value.
> That's because there is no secure way of interrogating a serial terminal
to
> know the TERM type.
>
> As a contrast, telnet and rsh have specific support to transmit the
current
> value of the TERM setting.
>
> > So I've defaulted to back VT100, safe but limited in function.
> > So what should I be setting my TERM value to?
> Try vt420, 320, 220.
>
>

Thank you, I used VT220, but that doesn't seem to be too compatible with
other systems if I have to hop over somewhere else. I'll try 320 and see
what that gives me. VI is where I see most of the problems - not to mention
smitty.

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