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Kardell

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From: London a new Babylon

Registered: 2007-02-20

Posts: 259

[xterm] unknown terminal type [solved]

I don`t know, what to do in this case.

[root@skywalker walker]# grub
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
Error opening terminal: xterm.

[root@skywalker /]# top
'xterm': unknown terminal type.

[root@skywalker /]# man pacman
WARNING: terminal is not fully functional

mc, man became useless, cause direction buttons didn`t work.

[root@skywalker /]# find / -iname xterm
/usr/bin/xterm
/usr/share/vte/termcap/xterm
/usr/share/icons/whiteglass/cursors/xterm
/usr/share/icons/redglass/cursors/xterm
/usr/share/icons/handhelds/cursors/xterm
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XTerm
/usr/share/texmf/texconfig/x/xterm
/usr/share/aumix/xterm
/var/abs/x11/xterm

Do what should I export TERM=?

Last edited by Kardell (2007-08-28 20:36:38)

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Kardell

Member

From: London a new Babylon

Registered: 2007-02-20

Posts: 259

Re: [xterm] unknown terminal type [solved]

Just simple.
Reinstall ncurses, if /usr/share/terminfo/ does not exist.

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"Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it." Edmund Burke