I only have the i386 install files handy but I found termcap in base.tgz, which makes sense. Maybe the installer didn't finish.

On 12/10/99 at 14:18, pbrodd@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Philip Brodd) wrote:

> Aha, it turns out that all he has in /usr/share is calendar, dict, and
> doc.  He says he installed all the distribution sets he could find, but
> I'm thinking he must have omitted one or more.  Which one would hold most
> of that stuff?
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Colin Wood wrote:
> 
> > 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
> > 
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