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From: sos AT prospect DOT com DOT ru (Sergey Okhapkin)
Subject: RE: xterm with bash or tcsh
24 Mar 1998 09:01:17 -0800 :
Message-ID: <01BD53F0.F34D7C80.cygnus.gnu-win32@gater.krystalbank.msk.ru>
To: "gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>,
"'Robert Grace'"
<rmg2768 AT draper DOT com>

Robert Grace wrote:
> I tried Arlindo's precompiled X11R6.3 - works very well - thanks!
> 
> One problem I'm having:
>   Running xterm doesn't seem to work well with any of the shells I 
> have (bash, tcsh).  Bash freezes up; tcsh works but has no 
> prompt (even after I set the prompt variable!).  I've tried setting
> the "TERM" variable to "tty" and "linux" - linux works, after
> I copied /usr/X11R6.3/etc/termcap to /etc/termcap
> 
> Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
> 

Add xterm definition to /etc/termcap.

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Sergey Okhapkin, http://www.lexa.ru/sos
Moscow, Russia
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