Terminal type??

[Mikkel]

On 04/19/2010 06:52 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> On 04/19/2010 03:19:49 PM, Mikkel wrote:
>> On 04/19/2010 04:08 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
>>> /usr/bin/gnome-terminal has suddenly started rejecting 
>> "TERM=xterm".
>>
>>> OK, so that's not true, but its been working since gnome-terminal 
>>> showed up. Anyone know what the appropriate setting is?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>> Dumb question - why are you trying to set TERM? On my system, it
>> already defaults to xterm.
>>
>> It would also help to know how you are setting TERM, and what error
>> you are getting.
> 
> geoff at mtranch[1]->echo $TERM
> xterm
> geoff at mtranch[2]->clear
> 'xterm': unknown terminal type.
> 
> On further thought, /usr/bin/clear is packaged with ncurses, and so one 
> would think that it would depend, ultimately, on /usr/share/terminfo/x/
> xterm,which exists and is readable. Hmmmm .... time for a reboot?

I know it isn't much help, but it works fine here. So it is
something with the way your system is set up. You can try
re-installing ncurses-base.

Mikkel
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