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Re: "Error opening terminal"
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@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.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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