Re: dbaccess problem: unknown terminal type
>dbaccess (and other informix tools) print the following error when started:
>
>zhec104:/usr1/informix> dbaccess
>The type of your terminal is unknown to the system
>
>I installed a runtime version of Informix Online 7.1 on a hp 9000/735:
>
>zhec104:/usr1/informix>uname -a
>HP-UX zhec104 A.09.05 A 9000/735 2005918112 two-user license
>
>It looks to me as if the Informix Tools can't find the
>/usr1/informix/etc/termcap file. I tried using different terminals
>like TERM=hp, hpterm, vt100, xterm. None was working.
>
>Do you know what dbaccess needs to find a valid terminal (it works with
>hp on an other machine)? What might be wrong with the configuration of the
>informix server or the machine.
Stefan,
I have seen this a lot of times on Pyramid MiServer, SUN and DG machines.
By setting the TERM environment variable to the terminal type and the
TERMCAP variable to the termcap I want to use, the error message disappeared
every time.
For my Xterminal an my Korne Shell I use:
export TERM=xterms
export TERMCAP=/etc/termcap
The terminal type TERM must be defined in the termcap file TERMCAP. Try to
verify this by: grep $TERM $TERMCAP
Regards
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