OK, I installed rancid-2.3.2a7_1 from the FreeBSD ports collection after
deinstalling 2.3.1. The good news is that "hlogin -c 'sh run' 1.2.3.4"
now runs just fine with no more problems from the splash screen.

The bad news: rancid-run still won't grab configs. The log error is the
same as before:

Trying to get all of the configs.
1.2.3.4: missed cmd(s): show stack,show module,write term
1.2.3.4: End of run not found

This switch is ID'd as an hp device in router.db, and again here is the
relevant section from .cloginrc:

# hp3500yl
add user 1.2.3.4 myuser
add password 1.2.3.4 iamsolame
add autoenable 1.2.3.4 1
add method 1.2.3.4 ssh

Not sure what else is missing here. rancid grabs configs from a bunch of
Cisco devices with no problems.

thanks

dn