The next step in your quest for englightenment is to read the 
cap_mkdb(1) manpage, then determine what to do with it =).

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mark rewis wrote:

> O.K.  here's a sure indication of my ignorance ( I have read the termcap man page though
> ):
> 
> I copied the info on the rcons into /usr/share/misc/termcap, rebooted and tried to use
> rcons-color ( and rcons ) when prompted at login.  The system replied that it was an
> unknown device.