Philip Brodd wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> A friend has just installed 1.4 on his 660av and is having trouble
> entering a terminal type. (unfortunately I haven't seen this with my own
> eyeballs, so I'll have to ask him for more details if necessary)
> 
> Apparently the install went off without a hitch.  He was able to do
> 'export TERM=vt220' in single-user mode in order to edit /etc/rc.conf
> using vi.  But after rebooting, it seems the system won't accept anything
> he enters for a terminal type.
> 
> I thought this sounded like a case of not having done 'build devices', but
> he says he did that.  Any ideas?  Thanks.

sounds to me that it's more like a case of /usr/share/misc/termcap not
being there.  is there a file with a name anything close to that on his
system?  there could be a fair number of reasons why this is the case...

-colin