Re: getting "dumb" terminal message in Unix shell

["thedm" <thedm@idir.net>]

The other possibility is that your provider has changed from connecting to
a UNIX shell immediately and your are first going through a TERM server. 
If thats the case try telneting to your web address after  you login and
logging in again.  then try executing pine.  Generally term servers do know
how to telnet and ftp. so first
call and login as usuall.
type telnet [your providers netaddress, IE www.aol.com]
login again
start pine


Neil Parker <nparker@cie-2.uoregon.edu> wrote in article
<5ii3lo$cop@pith.uoregon.edu>...
> In article <01bc4555$8b87c9c0$af3ae6cf@byte> "byte" <byte@i1.net> writes:
> >
> >   As the title states  Using my apple IIGS with Spectrum 2.0 (I have
5.25
> >megs of
> > ram)  logging on to my isp's shell is no problem,  but when I type
"pine"
> >to read
> > my mail it tells me I have a "dumb" terminal and I do not have the
> >capabilities to 
> > use pine.   I have done it.  Alot.  I don't know why I can't now.
> 
> First, make sure Spectrum is set to use VT100 emulation.  I don't
actually
> own Spectrum, so I can't help you figure out how to do this.
> 
> The next step depends on what operating system your ISP is running.
> Assuming they're running some variety of UNIX, type the following command
> at your UNIX command prompt:
> 
>      grep  (username) /etc/passwd
> 
> (replace the word "(username)" by your user name--for example, my
username
> is "nparker", so I would type "grep nparker /etc/passwd").  Look at the
> very end of the response.  If the last word of the response is "csh" or
> "tcsh", type the following:
> 
>      set term=vt100
> 
> On the other hand, if the last word of the response is "sh" or "ksh" or
> "bash", type this:
> 
>      TERM=vt100;export TERM
> 
> On the third hand, if the response was none of the above, or if you ISP
> isn't running UNIX, you'll have to talk to your system administrator.
> 
> If you succeed in getting one of those commands to work, you can make the
> setting permanent by putting it in your logon script.  The csh/tcsh
command
> should be put into a file called ".login", or the sh/ksh/bash command
> should be put in a file called ".profile".  (But there are some subtle
> issues involved in the latter case...your system administrator can help
you
> if you have any problems with it).
> 
>              - Neil Parker
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