On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Alan Cox wrote: > $TERM during init depends upon what the init scripts set. Red Hat for > example basically assumes "linux console" unless you are running over a > serial port in which case I believe it uses "dumb"
Right. That's where the problem lies. RH (not alone, but for example) makes this assumption in cases where it is not true. Perhaps detecting 'uname -m' and varying based on that might help? I don't like it, but it'd be a start. -- R; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
