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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Kermit on Linux - termcap error.
Date: 26 Feb 1999 17:57:58 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@mailrelay2.cc.columbia.edu
In article <7b6lbf$j1c$1@samba.rahul.net>, <dold@network.rahul.net> wrote:
: Steve Coleman (stevec@apageltd.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: : When running kermit on red hat linux (new to me) I get the following :
:
: : $ ./kermit
: : "/etc/termcap", line 10445: col 0: terminal 'v3220', //.terminfo:
: : non-existant or permission denied (errno 2)
:
: : If I go superuser then it seems to work ok. Anybody any ideas?
:
: The "superuser" part isn't something I recall. I'm not using Linux
: anymore, but the problem was that the .rpm for ckermit 6.0, available
: from columbia.edu, addressed terminfo libraries that were moved.
:
Perhaps the old library is still there but lacks read permission?
: The beta 7.0 kermit fixes that, but you have to compile your own.
: The old rpm might work if you
: cd /usr/share
: ln -s terminfo ../lib
:
: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck70.html for the new one.
:
Right. This is rapidly becoming our most frequently asked question.
I've updated the website to steer Linux users away from version 6.0.
Thanks.
- Frank