Hi, On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Andrew Howell wrote:
> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 12:00:50 +0759 (WST) > From: Andrew Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: ncurses problem? > Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 04:15:04 +0000 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > Erik Andersen writes: > > I have found that with the newest rxvt (released within the last week I > > believe) it also messes up mutt, sets TERM to rxvt (which seems to break > > a few things that don't know about TERM=rxvt, and also messes up the > > screen for the kernel's menuconfig. Oh, and backspace no longer does > > a ^H for some reason. > > > > I had no problems with rxvt until I installed the new ncurses-base package. > This obviously has a different rxvt > terminfo file cause it doesn't display properly. Ncftp is a good test > TERM=rxvt and it's all messed up. TERM=vt100 it's fine. > > Install the old ncurses-base package and it's fine > with TERM=rxvt. > > excuse my horribly formated email, typing over a very slow > link. well, i've put in my .bash* files if [$TERM == 'rxvt']; then TERM=xterm; fi it cures all the problems for me. OK -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .