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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:47:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Colin Diesh <cdiesh AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: "Error opening terminal"
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Sorry, I guess I mean to point out that when I download the binaries of programs that use ncurses from the setup.exe program, I get the error "Error opening terminal: cygwin." Programs for example that I get this for.

$ cygcheck -c ctris lynx ninvaders
Cygwin Package Information
Package              Version        Status
ctris                0.42-1             OK
lynx                 2.8.5-4            OK
ncurses              5.7-5              OK
ninvaders            0.1.1-1            OK
terminfo             5.7_20090228-1     OK

When I use the cygwin terminal I get the error (TERM=cygwin) but when I use like rxvt (TERM=xterm) then it works. Also, if I compile the sources myself then the programs work in the cygwin terminal. Does it have something to do with TERMINFO?

Thanks,
Colin



----- Original Message ----
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 10:24:04 PM
Subject: Re: "Error opening terminal"

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 01:49:28PM -0700, Colin Diesh wrote:
>Sorry -- I used the setup.exe cygwin program to download the packages
>and their distributions of it don't work.  I actually just downloaded
>and compiled ctris and ninvaders myself and they work fine (not as
>awesome as I wanted but heh whatever :)
>
>I am curious why the binary I got from the setup.exe would give me this
>error message in the first place then?

That would, again, fall into the category of your not supplying enough
information.  See:

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