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   Sean Dennis to All   
   MBSE, fTelnet, and DOSemu   
   20 Apr 22 23:02:10   
   
   MSGID: 1:18/200 6260c934   
   CHRS: UTF-8 2   
   TZUTC: -0400   
   TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.0.8 (Linux-x86_64)   
   Hello All,   
      
   I discovered a fix for the problem using fTelnet on your website and DOS doors    
   under DOSemu not working due to fTelnet sending "ansi-bbs" as the term    
   variable if your distro uses termcap.   
      
   I will be putting this into the new "how to run DOS doors" section in the new    
   MBSE docs but for now...   
      
   === Cut ===   
   Using fTelnet on your website to connect to MBSE does not work with DOS   
   doors running under DOSemu since fTelnet sends the term variable set to   
   "ansi-bbs" and there is not an entry in terminfo or termcap for "ansi-bbs"   
   so DOSemu abends.   
      
   There is an easy fix for this if your Linux distro uses termcap:   
      
   1) Become the "mbse" user on your MBSE computer.   
      
   2) Go to:   
      https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/raw/master/install/terminfo   
      
      Save this file as /opt/mbse/terminfo   
      
   3) Go to:   
      https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/raw/master/install/termcap   
      
      Save this file as /opt/mbse/termcap   
      
   4) Switch to "su" (do NOT use "su -") and run these two commands:   
      
      # tic terminfo   
      # cat termcap >> /etc/termcap   
      
   5) You can switch back to the "mbse" user and delete those two files you   
   created.   
      
   This fix works under Devuan Linux so it should work on any other Debian-based    
   distro.  It should work under Slackware too if memory serves.   
      
   Thanks to Rob Swindell, et al., for posting this on the Synchronet BBS wiki   
   at http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix!   
   === Cut ===   
      
   -- Sean   
      
   ... We now return to our regularly scheduled flamethrowing.   
   --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707   
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