/usr/bin/gnome-terminal has suddenly started rejecting "TERM=xterm".
OK, so that's not true, but its been working since gnome-terminal
showed up. Anyone know what the appropriate setting is?

Thanks.

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On 04/19/2010 04:08 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> /usr/bin/gnome-terminal has suddenly started rejecting "TERM=xterm".
> OK, so that's not true, but its been working since gnome-terminal
> showed up. Anyone know what the appropriate setting is?
>
> Thanks.
>
Dumb question - why are you trying to set TERM? On my system, it
already defaults to xterm.

It would also help to know how you are setting TERM, and what error
you are getting.

Mikkel
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On 04/19/2010 03:19:49 PM, Mikkel wrote:
> On 04/19/2010 04:08 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> > /usr/bin/gnome-terminal has suddenly started rejecting
> "TERM=xterm".
>
> > OK, so that's not true, but its been working since gnome-terminal
> > showed up. Anyone know what the appropriate setting is?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> Dumb question - why are you trying to set TERM? On my system, it
> already defaults to xterm.
>
> It would also help to know how you are setting TERM, and what error
> you are getting.

geoff@mtranch[1]->echo $TERM
xterm
geoff@mtranch[2]->clear
'xterm': unknown terminal type.

On further thought, /usr/bin/clear is packaged with ncurses, and so one
would think that it would depend, ultimately, on /usr/share/terminfo/x/
xterm,which exists and is readable. Hmmmm .... time for a reboot?
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On 19Apr2010 16:52, Geoffrey Leach <geoff@hughes.net> wrote:
| On 04/19/2010 03:19:49 PM, Mikkel wrote:
| > On 04/19/2010 04:08 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
| > > /usr/bin/gnome-terminal has suddenly started rejecting
| > "TERM=xterm".
| >
| > > OK, so that's not true, but its been working since gnome-terminal
| > > showed up. Anyone know what the appropriate setting is?
| > >
| > > Thanks.
| > >
| > Dumb question - why are you trying to set TERM? On my system, it
| > already defaults to xterm.
| >
| > It would also help to know how you are setting TERM, and what error
| > you are getting.
|
| geoff@mtranch[1]->echo $TERM
| xterm
| geoff@mtranch[2]->clear
| 'xterm': unknown terminal type.
|
| On further thought, /usr/bin/clear is packaged with ncurses, and so one
| would think that it would depend, ultimately, on /usr/share/terminfo/x/
| xterm,which exists and is readable. Hmmmm .... time for a reboot?

These are looked up on the fly, so a reboot should not help.

Try:

strace -e trace=file clear 2>str.out

and then examine str.out. Where is "clear" looking for terminal data?

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On 04/19/2010 06:52 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> On 04/19/2010 03:19:49 PM, Mikkel wrote:
>> On 04/19/2010 04:08 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
>>> /usr/bin/gnome-terminal has suddenly started rejecting
>> "TERM=xterm".
>>
>>> OK, so that's not true, but its been working since gnome-terminal
>>> showed up. Anyone know what the appropriate setting is?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>> Dumb question - why are you trying to set TERM? On my system, it
>> already defaults to xterm.
>>
>> It would also help to know how you are setting TERM, and what error
>> you are getting.
>
> geoff@mtranch[1]->echo $TERM
> xterm
> geoff@mtranch[2]->clear
> 'xterm': unknown terminal type.
>
> On further thought, /usr/bin/clear is packaged with ncurses, and so one
> would think that it would depend, ultimately, on /usr/share/terminfo/x/
> xterm,which exists and is readable. Hmmmm .... time for a reboot?

I know it isn't much help, but it works fine here. So it is
something with the way your system is set up. You can try
re-installing ncurses-base.

Mikkel
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On 04/19/2010 08:45:39 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 19Apr2010 16:52, Geoffrey Leach <geoff@hughes.net> wrote:
> | On 04/19/2010 03:19:49 PM, Mikkel wrote:
> | > On 04/19/2010 04:08 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> | > > /usr/bin/gnome-terminal has suddenly started rejecting
> | > "TERM=xterm".
> | >
> | > > OK, so that's not true, but its been working since
> gnome-terminal
> | > > showed up. Anyone know what the appropriate setting is?
> | > >
> | > > Thanks.
> | > >
> | > Dumb question - why are you trying to set TERM? On my system, it
> | > already defaults to xterm.
> | >
> | > It would also help to know how you are setting TERM, and what
> error
> | > you are getting.
> |
> | geoff@mtranch[1]->echo $TERM
> | xterm
> | geoff@mtranch[2]->clear
> | 'xterm': unknown terminal type.
> |
> | On further thought, /usr/bin/clear is packaged with ncurses, and so
> one
> | would think that it would depend, ultimately, on
> /usr/share/terminfo/x/
> | xterm,which exists and is readable. Hmmmm .... time for a reboot?
>
> These are looked up on the fly, so a reboot should not help.
>
> Try:
>
> strace -e trace=file clear 2>str.out
>
> and then examine str.out. Where is "clear" looking for terminal data?
>

Rebooting fixed the problem.

The data indeed comes from T/usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm, so I have to
conclude that the file check was failing. I've seen this frequently,
recently. After installing new rpms, things start failing, and a reboot
solves the problem.

Thanks for the suggestion.
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