Vi not recognizing terminal type

[Chad McWilliams]

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> It's also the only thing I can conceive at 
> the moment that would explain what you're encountering--short 
> of an /etc/termcap that has no read bits set.
> 
> mark->


I have also seen in the past on several different systems that if there was
an incorrect entry in the termcap (an error in the format), that it would
not read the termcap (or read it only up until the error).  I had this
happen when I incorrectly edited one of the entries one time.  Lost the
ability to use vi.

-Chad McWilliams