topic Re: changing terminal from single-user mode in Operating System - HP-UX

changing terminal from single-user mode

d_bachelor01 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:58:37 GMT

Hi Guys,

I am on single user mode then I tried to run th evi command when I had this error "I don't know what kind of terminal you are on - all I have is 'unknown'. How can I change the terminal type so that I could edit the file?

Regards,
-jef

Re: changing terminal from single-user mode

Pete Randall — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:06:20 GMT

Generally, something like "export TERM=hp" should do the trick.

Pete

Re: changing terminal from single-user mode

Torsten. — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:18:45 GMT

You have to set the variable to the type of terminal you are using.

Most PC based emulators use vt100, in this case do

export TERM=vt100

but better check the setting of your terminal (emulator).

Re: changing terminal from single-user mode

d_bachelor01 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:27:21 GMT

export TERM=xterm did the trick.

Thanks Pete and Torsten!

-jef