Terminal not fully functional

[cyberseal]

Hi

Stoopid question here:

For no reason (no s/w installed or system wide changes induced) my terminal is stating that it is "not fully functional" when I try to exec certain tasks, like clearing the screen. ECHO $TERM says my terminal is dumb. What does this mean?

[posterboy]

"dumb" terminals are not capable of things like directed cursor movement, clearing the screen, etc. The original was named an ADM-3 and that's where the "dumb" came from. In a console, my env variable for TERM is linux, and in x-windows it's xterm. Try setting these variables, and see if that makes your terminal a bit smarter. We have hundreds of terminals, VT-52 and VT-100 and Tektronix come to mind. Also, old 5 level punch paper tape terminals are still in there. Might add that to rc.local, if needed, as it has changed somehow from the standard.
Ray


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[cyberseal]

Thanks a bunch... any ideas as to how it mayb have turned into a dumb terminal. This linux box is run on my cable modem and I rebuild it prob once a week or so as I screw it up and want to add new features. I've noticed in my logs that a lot of people have been having fun trying to gain access. I don't care really, tracking them back is equal fun for me. Could someone have found an entry that allowed for changing my terminal settings?