termcap/terminfo with screen and BitchX on FC2
Rick Stevens
rstevens at vitalstream.com
Fri Jun 25 20:10:27 UTC 2004
netmask wrote:
>
> I've seen this problem a dozen times on Solaris and other linux
> distros.. however, I'm unable to make it work on Fedora (whic his very
> strange)..
>
> BitchX (And pine, and other applications) get their text garbled under
> screen with Fedora core 2. I tried the latest source versions of BitchX
> and screen (as well as the rpm screen that came with fc2).. I tried
> configurations that are known to work on Redhat 9 without issue.
>
> I even tried copying over the termcap and terminfo directory from a
> machine that works OK. I tried removing the termcap screen entries and
> using the ones that come with Screen 4.x, as well as using tic to import
> their custom ones into /usr/share/terminfo.
>
> I've tried accessing the box from console, xterm, rxvt, securecrt..
> with multiple settings for TERM variable (screen, vt100, console, linux,
> etc).. None of them seem to fix it.
>
> BitchX and pine and everything else works just fine outside of screen.
> Screen does appear to use terminfo and not termcap.. I've pretty much
> exhaused my resources..
>
> Has anyone else seen this problem, or does anyone have any suggestions?
> I will be the first to admit I don't often have to deal with
> termcap/terminfo (I think its one of those things i'd rather never have
> to think about.. and just have it work :P).
>
> This is a fresh install of FC2.. nothing special. (All updates applied).
Try "LANG=C;export LANG" before running BitchX. FC2 defaults to UTF
language settings and BitchX is designed for the "C" locale.
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