HP 425s, Manual

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5
Setting T erminal Characteristics
If y ou log in without HP VUE, the default lo cal login script prompts y ou to
en ter y our terminal t yp e as follo ws. Y ou can simply resp ond with 4 Return 5:
TERM = (hp) 4 Return 5
Pressing 4 Return 5 sets the TERM en vironmen t v ariable to hp , the default v alue.
This v alue w orks with Hewlett-Pac k ard terminals, but it may not let y ou
take full adv an tage of y our terminal or graphics display features. En tering a
dieren t v alue sets the TERM en vironmen t v ariable to that v alue.
Selecting a V alue for the TERM V ariable
HP-UX supp orts man y terminal t yp es. The /usr/lib/terminfo database tells
HP-UX ho w to comm unicate with eac h terminal t yp e. When y ou assign a v alue
to TERM , the v alue m ust equal a v alue in the terminfo database.
When you b o ot HP-UX on your 425s/t, the b o ot pr o c ess should take c ar e of
cr e ating the appr opriate terminal settings. Ho w ev er, the following gives some
t ypical settings, should y ou need to use them for a recongured system.
T erm Environment V ariable Settings for the 425s/t:
Setting for the 1280x1024 resolution: (equiv alen t to 98550 en try)
F or ksh users:
export TERM=hp425s (or 425t)
F or csh users:
setenv TERM hp425s (or 425t)
Setting Up the Special Device Files with mknod
The sp ecial device le for the in ternal VRX graphics hardw are should already
b e set up correctly as /dev/crt b y the system b o ot co de. If /dev/crt do es not
exist, is deleted for some reason, or do es not allo w the device driv er access to
the hardw are, use the information b elow to create a new /dev/crt :
The mknod command creates a sp ecial device le whic h is used to comm unicate
b et w een the SPU and the in ternal graphics. Sup eruser status is required to
Starting Y our System Without HP VUE 5-3