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#1 2011-09-20 15:01:40
- vendion
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[solved] Colors on remote servers using URXVT
When using URXVT on my local system if I ssh into a remote machine and a command that has color output (such as colordiff, ls, vim with syntax highlighting) it does not work but it does locally so I know that it isn't a issue client side (my machine) directly. If I use another terminal like xterm everything works as expected though, is there something I need to do ether to the remote machine or my local machine to get color output working on remote connections?
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#2 2011-09-21 11:50:15
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Re: [solved] Colors on remote servers using URXVT
Make sure TERM is set right, and that the remote have the terminfo file. If it doesn't then copy it yo ~/.terminfo/r/ on the remote, if it complains about it being too long then upgrade the remote or just rename it and set TERM to that name.
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#3 2011-09-21 14:37:30
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Re: [solved] Colors on remote servers using URXVT
TERM on the local machine or the remote machine? I already have the term info file copied over to the remote machine.
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#4 2011-09-21 14:48:13
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Re: [solved] Colors on remote servers using URXVT
TERM on the local machine or the remote machine? I already have the term info file copied over to the remote machine.
Ahhh I think I know what is going on TERM says "rxvt-unicode-256color" and the terminfo file that was copied over is "rxvt-unicode" does the -256color part make a difference?
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#5 2011-09-21 15:13:01
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Re: [solved] Colors on remote servers using URXVT
Yes, they have to match.
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#6 2011-09-21 15:16:26
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Re: [solved] Colors on remote servers using URXVT
Thank you that fixes the problem
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#7 2011-09-21 17:23:14
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Re: [solved] Colors on remote servers using URXVT
please mark the thread as [solved]
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