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Subject: Re: Problems with sysutils/screen (GNU Screen)
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On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:29 PM, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wro=
te:
> 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. =A0First, 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.) =A0Second, 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. =A0/usr/local/bin/bash is my login shell. =A0This
>> 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