[GRASSLIST:1733] [GRASS5] solution for vt100 problem on Mac OS X

Hi list:

[this is my third attempt to post this solution to the GRASSLIST, as there's something wrong with @baylor.edu--if someone on GRASS5 could forward this to the GRASSLIST, I'd appreciate it. I wrote to Art and George directly with the solution]

If a Mac OS X (pb and 1.0) user tries to fire up GRASS, the following error occurs:

  Error opening terminal: vt100
  
The solution (kudos to strobe) is to cd to the directory where your spearfish directory is (i.e. if its found in /opt/spearfish, cd /opt) and enter the following:

  grass5 spearfish/PERMANENT

Voila!

Take care,
Andy

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Hi Andy

andy agena wrote:

Hi list:

[this is my third attempt to post this solution to the GRASSLIST, as
there's something wrong with @baylor.edu--if someone on GRASS5 could
forward this to the GRASSLIST, I'd appreciate it. I wrote to Art and
George directly with the solution]

If a Mac OS X (pb and 1.0) user tries to fire up GRASS, the following
error occurs:

        Error opening terminal: vt100

The solution (kudos to strobe) is to cd to the directory where your
spearfish directory is (i.e. if its found in /opt/spearfish, cd /opt)
and enter the following:

        grass5 spearfish/PERMANENT

Voila!

Although this is a workaround, it does not actually solve the problem.
Is there anyone with insight as to what is causing the problem? It would
be nice to solve this problem if it is a Grass problem.

--
Sincerely,

Jazzman (a.k.a. Justin Hickey) e-mail: jhickey@hpcc.nectec.or.th
High Performance Computing Center
National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)
Bangkok, Thailand

People who think they know everything are very irritating to those
of us who do. ---Anonymous

Jazz and Trek Rule!!!

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Justin Hickey wrote:

> [this is my third attempt to post this solution to the GRASSLIST, as
> there's something wrong with @baylor.edu--if someone on GRASS5 could
> forward this to the GRASSLIST, I'd appreciate it. I wrote to Art and
> George directly with the solution]
>
> If a Mac OS X (pb and 1.0) user tries to fire up GRASS, the following
> error occurs:
>
> Error opening terminal: vt100

[snip]

Is there anyone with insight as to what is causing the problem? It would
be nice to solve this problem if it is a Grass problem.

My money is on it being curses/termcap/terminfo, e.g. no terminfo
database installed, or only a minimal one (although if it doesn't have
"vt100", it's very minimal).

--
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>

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