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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Solaris +vi (not vim) not using xterm termcap entry Post 302598447 by BOFH on Tuesday 14th of February 2012 12:59:17 PM
Old 02-14-2012
Solaris +vi (not vim) not using xterm termcap entry
Well, apparently anyway.

I have a Solaris 10/08 install using vi (not vim) and when I use vi to edit a file or go into cron, the screen goes into 25/80 mode and I have to send a reset or hard reset to get it back to my screen size (190x72 in this case).

vi should be using the TERM environment variable which points to xterm and the xterm entry in the /etc/termcap file (which exists) but isn't.

This works on the other 75 or so Solaris systems. This system is a specific install from a vendor vs we install Solaris and then install the application so I suspect a missing file from the distro which is why I checked the /etc/termcap file to make sure it wasn't missing the xterm entry.

I did google search this out but it's generic enough that I'm getting hundreds of thousands of hits so I thought I'd drop in and see if someone else has experienced this oddity.

Thanks.

Carl
 

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LEARN ABOUT PLAN9

suninstall

suninstall(1M)						  System Administration Commands					    suninstall(1M)

NAME

       suninstall - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       suninstall

DESCRIPTION

       install-solaris(1M) is now the preferred command for starting and restarting the Solaris Installation program. It should be used instead of
       suninstall. suninstall is symbolically linked to install-solaris.

       suninstall is a forms-based and graphical subsystem for installing the operating system.

       suninstall exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should only be invoked from there. Refer to the Solaris 10 Instal-
       lation Guide: Basic Installations for more details.

       suninstall allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. suninstall loads the software available on the installa-
       tion media. Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for disk space requirements.

USAGE

       Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for more information on the various menus and selections.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcdrom (Solaris  instal-  |
       |			     |lation media)		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), install-solaris(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations

NOTES

       It is advisable to exit suninstall by means of the exit options in the suninstall menus.

SunOS 5.10							    9 Sep 2004							    suninstall(1M)
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