Re: Problem with TERMCAP in Xfree86
On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Vadim Vygonets wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Brown, Paul, BROWNPA2 wrote:
>
> > I've got Debian GNU/Linux 1.2 installed and working and have
> > installed XFree86. It is working fine except for when it comes to
> > displaying an xterm it says that is cannot find a usable TERMCAP
> > entry. What does this mean and how can I fix it ?
>
> Install package termcap-compat from admin section.
No.
This is an xterm problem... It annoyingly sets TERMCAP. Just put "unsetenv
TERMCAP" in your .cshrc (or "export TERMCAP=" in your .bashrc and the
problem will go away. You don't need termcap-compat for that... And so you
very probably don't want it.
Christian, termcap-compat maintainer.
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