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- From: d09c@alf.zfn.uni-bremen.de (Juergen Lock)
- Subject: Re: Elvis 1.6Beta2 & Mint & Minix & Gemini
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- References: <1992Oct30.165622.10045@sae.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 17:28:52 GMT
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- malay@sae.com (Bob Malay) writes:
-
- >Something strange has been happening - I'm running Gemini/Mint 0.95/MINIX_XFS - if I
- >open up the console window and "cd" to a TOS directory and "elvis" some file
- >then elvis runs normally - if I "cd" to a MINIX partition and "elvis" some file
- >then "elvis" spits out the message "Unknown Terminal Type" and closes down.
-
- >If I just run MINIT/MINIX_XFS/TOSWIN and "cd" to a MINIX partition and "elvis"
- >some file then "elvis" runs normally.
-
- >It appears that Gemini has a problem with MINIX partitions and Elvis 1.6Beta2 - I
- >didn't have this problem with "elvis 1.4" but "elvis 1.4" doesn't work with
- >Mint/Toswin.
-
- sorry if it sounds stupid, but did you set $TERM and have an entry for
- that in /etc/termcap? (i have put mine into the readme.)
-
- or maybe it couldn't find the /etc directory... i think the termcap
- library looks for it on the `current disk' i.e. in /etc not u:/etc.
- if its that try setting $TERMCAP to either the `absolute' filename like
- e.g. /dev/u/etc/termcap (u:/etc/termcap wont't work) or to the
- description itself (thats why u:/etc... doesn't work, then it thinks
- its a description). or set the rootdir in $UNIXMODE, e.g. with
- UNIXMODE=ru all filenames starting with / get translated to u:/ thanks
- to the MiNT libs.
-
- oh and with toswin it probably works because toswin sets $TERMCAP
- to its own description itself... (unless you turn that off.)
-
- >Bob Malay
- hope that helps (and my english wasn't too strange :-)
- Juergen
-