echo $TERM says it's "dumb" instead of "linux" or "xterm"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xfce4-terminal
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bremm@host:~$ crontab -e
Couldn't load termcap/terminfo entry
crontab: "/usr/bin/
bremm@host:~$ /usr/bin/
Couldn't load termcap/terminfo entry
bremm@host:~$ joe
Couldn't load termcap/terminfo entry
bremm@host:~$ nano
Error opening terminal: unknown.
bremm@host:~$ echo $TERM
dumb
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xfce4-terminal 0.4.5-1ubuntu3 [modified: usr/bin/
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 6 19:15:48 2010
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xfce4-terminal
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 621927, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.
Please note comment #13 in the Master bug for a workaround.