Lately when the terminal is running in update-manager installing
packages, it says "Term not set" so Dialog won't work. It falls back to
readline.
How can I fix this?


Thanks

Frank McCormick wrote:
> Lately when the terminal is running in update-manager installing
> packages, it says "Term not set" so Dialog won't work. It falls back to
> readline.
> How can I fix this?


Nobody ??

On Thursday 05 February 2009 20:06:54 Frank McCormick wrote:
> Frank McCormick wrote:
> > Lately when the terminal is running in update-manager installing
> > packages, it says "Term not set" so Dialog won't work. It falls back to
> > readline.
> > How can I fix this?
>
> Nobody ??
Well, the question isn't completely clear. How do you run this application,
and in what context do you receive this error message? How does the terminal
run "in" update-manager? Wouldn't it be the other way around? What dialogue
isn't working? What do you mean by readline?

Lee


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L Glidewell wrote:
> On Thursday 05 February 2009 20:06:54 Frank McCormick wrote:
>> Frank McCormick wrote:
>>> Lately when the terminal is running in update-manager installing
>>> packages, it says "Term not set" so Dialog won't work. It falls back to
>>> readline.
>>> How can I fix this?
>> Nobody ??
> Well, the question isn't completely clear. How do you run this application,
> and in what context do you receive this error message?

Simple. Click on update-manager...if there are no updates to be
installed...click on "check". If there are updates, click on "Install".
When the installation begins I presume update-manager runs a terminal,
because that is where I see the message "Term not set"


How does the terminal
> run "in" update-manager? Wouldn't it be the other way around?

Update-manager is a GTK program...so it'll run from the desktop.

What dialogue
> isn't working? What do you mean by readline?

Readline I gather is the default the system uses when Dialog isn't
available.

--- On Fri, 2/6/09, Frank McCormick <Debianlist@videotron.ca> wrote:

> From: Frank McCormick <Debianlist@videotron.ca>
> Subject: Re: Term not set
> To: l.glidewell.lists@gmail.com
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 2:11 PM
> L Glidewell wrote:
> > On Thursday 05 February 2009 20:06:54 Frank McCormick
> wrote:
> >> Frank McCormick wrote:
> >>> Lately when the terminal is running in
> update-manager installing
> >>> packages, it says "Term not set" so
> Dialog won't work. It falls back to
> >>> readline.
> >>> How can I fix this?
> >> Nobody ??
> > Well, the question isn't completely clear. How do
> you run this application,
> > and in what context do you receive this error message?
>
>
> Simple. Click on update-manager...if there are no updates
> to be
> installed...click on "check". If there are
> updates, click on "Install".
> When the installation begins I presume update-manager runs
> a terminal,
> because that is where I see the message "Term not
> set"
>
>
> How does the terminal
> > run "in" update-manager? Wouldn't it be
> the other way around?
>
> Update-manager is a GTK program...so it'll run from the
> desktop.
>
> What dialogue
> > isn't working? What do you mean by readline?
>
> Readline I gather is the default the system uses when
> Dialog isn't
> available.

This has to do with debconf, I sorted this issue by running "configure-debian", then choosing subsection "admin", then choose program "debconf", then choose the interface and priority level you want to use. I use KDE, so naturally I choose the KDE interface.

HTH's.

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Angus Auld wrote:
>
> --- On Fri, 2/6/09, Frank McCormick <Debianlist@videotron.ca> wrote:
>
>> From: Frank McCormick <Debianlist@videotron.ca>
>> Subject: Re: Term not set
>> To: l.glidewell.lists@gmail.com
>> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>> Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 2:11 PM
>> L Glidewell wrote:
>>> On Thursday 05 February 2009 20:06:54 Frank McCormick
>> wrote:
>>>> Frank McCormick wrote:
>>>>> Lately when the terminal is running in
>> update-manager installing
>>>>> packages, it says "Term not set" so
>> Dialog won't work. It falls back to
>>>>> readline.
>>>>> How can I fix this?
>>>> Nobody ??
>>> Well, the question isn't completely clear. How do
>> you run this application,
>>> and in what context do you receive this error message?
>>
>> Simple. Click on update-manager...if there are no updates
>> to be
>> installed...click on "check". If there are
>> updates, click on "Install".
>> When the installation begins I presume update-manager runs
>> a terminal,
>> because that is where I see the message "Term not
>> set"
>>
>>
>> How does the terminal
>>> run "in" update-manager? Wouldn't it be
>> the other way around?
>>
>> Update-manager is a GTK program...so it'll run from the
>> desktop.
>>
>> What dialogue
>>> isn't working? What do you mean by readline?
>> Readline I gather is the default the system uses when
>> Dialog isn't
>> available.
>
> This has to do with debconf, I sorted this issue by running "configure-debian", then choosing subsection "admin", then choose program "debconf", then choose the interface and priority level you want to use. I use KDE, so naturally I choose the KDE interface.


This is great. Thanks. Never even knew configure-debian existed...but
it fixed my problem.

Cheers