Problems with sysutils/screen (GNU Screen)

[Alex Kozlov]

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.


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Adios