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Re: Cannot set $TERM in screen -- it always defaults to xterm
From: |
Thor Andreassen |
Subject: |
Re: Cannot set $TERM in screen -- it always defaults to xterm |
Date: |
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:37:14 +0100 |
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 05:15:22AM +0000, Leo Alekseyev wrote:
> On Ubuntu 9.10, GNU screen ignores any attempt to set the TERM variable --
> either by setting term="xterm-256color" in .screenrc, or using :term command
> in
> screen itself, or using a -T command line switch. Whatever I do, $TERM is
> stuck
> at xterm. Somehow screen is able to display 256 colors under gnome-terminal,
> but
> under xterm it defaults to 8. I tried reinstalling from the repositories and
> compiling from source, and I still see this behavior. Can someone explain
> what
> is going on and how to fix it? TIA.
What shell are you using, and does the problem persist if you start your
shell without config files?
--
Thor