On 04/19/2010 08:45:39 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 19Apr2010 16:52, Geoffrey Leach <geoff@xxxxxxxxxx> 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. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
