[XCSSA] UPDATED! Sparc serial help needed

tweeks tweeks_at!theweeks.0rg
Wed, 02 Jan 2002 20:30:05 -0600


firestorm_v1 wrote:
> 
> is there a way to clean up the display's output?
> the information is veryt helpful! the Sparc does use the serial
> port on the box when a monitor and a keyboard are not
> present, , however I keep getting
> 
> "unknown" I need something more specific..
> 
> Is there a way to set the terminal emulation like VT100 or so
> that my arrow keys will work, in vi, etc??

I know just enough to be dangerous...  I think that it defaults to
TERM=sun.  You need to do a:

	# setenv TERM xterm
	# export TERM

and then try it...

Ask John Baker for verification though.  He's the resident Sun guru..
:)  I haven't played with production Solaris since 2.51.


Tweeks