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Old 10-09-2007
clear works for root but not for other users
when ever I issue clear command it the system says:

Code:
bash-2.03$ clear
'xterm': unknown terminal type.

but if I clear as root, it works fine.

Also,
Code:
bash-2.03$ cd /usr/share/lib/terminfo
bash-2.03$ ls
1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  G  H  M  P  S  a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h  i  j  k
bash-2.03$ cd x/
bash-2.03$ ls
x1700     x1720     x1750     x820      xitex     xl83      xpcterm   xpcterms
bash-2.03$ echo $TERMINFO

Please help.


Thank you
# 2  
Old 10-09-2007
what output do you get when you run 'echo $TERM' as a user then run it as root?
# 3  
Old 10-09-2007
output
bash-2.03$ echo $TERM
xterm


# echo $TERM
xterm
Last edited by rakeshou; 10-09-2007 at 03:20 PM..
# 4  
Old 10-09-2007
What happens when you do a "tput clear"?
# 5  
Old 10-10-2007
bash-2.03$ tput clear
unknown terminal "xterm"
# 6  
Old 10-10-2007
Try setting term by set TERM=ansi and clear
# 7  
Old 10-10-2007
bash-2.03$ export TERM=ansi
bash-2.03$ clear
'ansi': unknown terminal type.
 
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