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Re: Problem with man: "WARNING: Terminal is not fully functional"



Rene Mayrhofer <rene.mayrhofer@vianova.at> writes:

> I get the following error message when I start man:
> "WARNING: Terminal not fully functional"
> An then man only used more as pager, not less (I think it does, because
> scrolling only works downwards when I press space, but nothing else).

Unless $PAGER is set, man executes "pager" here. Check your alternatives.

> Attached are 2 strace logs from my system: 

Since you're not following the vfork()s the pager process is not
traced, thus the logs are useless. Be sure to have "-F" and "-f" in
your strace commandline.

-- 
Robbe

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