Problems with sysutils/screen (GNU Screen)
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From: Jim Trigg on 23 Jul 2010 15:23 I've been having problems with GNU Screen on FreeBSD 8.x. First, the TERMCAP environment variable as automatically set by screen causes things not to work. (vi says "cannot open terminal database", mutt says "no terminal database", etc.) Second, when I put `eval tset -s` in .bashrc to reset the TERMCAP, curses-based programs work from command lines in open windows but don't work through "screen {command}" to launch them in a separate window -- the window flashes open and back closed. /usr/local/bin/bash is my login shell. This all still works in FreeBSD 7. Any suggestions? _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports(a)freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe(a)freebsd.org"
From: Alex Kozlov on 23 Jul 2010 15:28 On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 03:23:41PM -0400, Jim Trigg wrote: > I've been having problems with GNU Screen on FreeBSD 8.x. First, the > TERMCAP environment variable as automatically set by screen causes > things not to work. (vi says "cannot open terminal database", mutt > says "no terminal database", etc.) Second, when I put `eval tset -s` > in .bashrc to reset the TERMCAP, curses-based programs work from > command lines in open windows but don't work through "screen > {command}" to launch them in a separate window -- the window flashes > open and back closed. /usr/local/bin/bash is my login shell. This > all still works in FreeBSD 7. > > Any suggestions? echo 'unset TERMCAP' >>~/.profile And try tmux. -- Adios _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports(a)freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe(a)freebsd.org"
From: "Scott Sanbeg" on 23 Jul 2010 15:42 /etc/termcap is symlinked to /usr/share/misc/termcap, which if not available during your session (singer-user mode, for instance), produces that exact type of error message. Test if the termcap db is actually available. Hope it helps, Scott -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-ports(a)freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-ports(a)freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Jim Trigg Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 12:24 PM To: freebsd-ports-mailinglist Subject: Problems with sysutils/screen (GNU Screen) I've been having problems with GNU Screen on FreeBSD 8.x. First, the TERMCAP environment variable as automatically set by screen causes things not to work. (vi says "cannot open terminal database", mutt says "no terminal database", etc.) Second, when I put `eval tset -s` in .bashrc to reset the TERMCAP, curses-based programs work from command lines in open windows but don't work through "screen {command}" to launch them in a separate window -- the window flashes open and back closed. /usr/local/bin/bash is my login shell. This all still works in FreeBSD 7. Any suggestions? _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports(a)freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe(a)freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports(a)freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe(a)freebsd.org"
From: Jim Trigg on 23 Jul 2010 15:43 On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:29 PM, David Wolfskill <david(a)catwhisker.org> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 03:23:41PM -0400, Jim Trigg wrote: >> I've been having problems with GNU Screen on FreeBSD 8.x. First, the >> TERMCAP environment variable as automatically set by screen causes >> things not to work. (vi says "cannot open terminal database", mutt >> says "no terminal database", etc.) Second, when I put `eval tset -s` >> in .bashrc to reset the TERMCAP, curses-based programs work from >> command lines in open windows but don't work through "screen >> {command}" to launch them in a separate window -- the window flashes >> open and back closed. /usr/local/bin/bash is my login shell. This >> all still works in FreeBSD 7. >> >> Any suggestions? > > Is screen built under 8.x or 7.x? 8.x. (I have one server running 7.x and another running 8.x.) Also, to the other responder, "unset TERMCAP" in ~/.profile gives the same behavior as "eval `tset -s`". Thanks, Jim _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports(a)freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe(a)freebsd.org"
From: Jim Trigg on 23 Jul 2010 15:46
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Scott Sanbeg <ssanbeg(a)gmail.com> wrote: > /etc/termcap is symlinked to /usr/share/misc/termcap, which if not available > during your session (singer-user mode, for instance), produces that exact > type of error message. Test if the termcap db is actually available. It is; further, I will observe that unsetting the TERMCAP environment variable makes it work in an interactive shell window, but when I use the "screen {command}" functionality it fails (and I can't get logging to work to find out what error I'm actually getting; the window closes too fast for me to see the error). Thanks, Jim _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports(a)freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe(a)freebsd.org" |