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    Rxvt-Unicode Termcap FreeBSD

    I decided to switch my file server to FreeBSD due to my getting sick of Debian and its various quirks.
    It is a command line only system, primarily accessed via SSH.
    The Rxvt-Unicode package (and the port) requires a whole lot of X dependencies.
    Being a command line only system, I don't fancy installing graphical deps.

    Every application on the system is treating my terminal as a dumb terminal, and applications requiring input refuse to start.
    The problem (I thought) was the lack of a termcap entry for Rxvt-Unicode. So, I found an entry, and appended it to /usr/share/misc/termcap.
    I was surprised to find that I had the same problem as before, so I rebooted, upon boot, I opened an SSH connection from my desktop, but the same problem remains.

    I remember reading somewhere that I need to put the termcap entry in termcap.src.
    Due to my very limited BSD experience (literally an hours experience), I have no idea where to find this.
    I tried searching my local ports with "make search name=termcap", but there were no results.

    Any help would be great, Xterm isn't very nice.

  2. #2
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    Re: Rxvt-Unicode Termcap FreeBSD

    Quote Originally Posted by jjte View Post
    I decided to switch my file server to FreeBSD due to my getting sick of Debian and its various quirks.
    It is a command line only system, primarily accessed via SSH.
    The Rxvt-Unicode package (and the port) requires a whole lot of X dependencies.
    Being a command line only system, I don't fancy installing graphical deps.

    Every application on the system is treating my terminal as a dumb terminal, and applications requiring input refuse to start.
    The problem (I thought) was the lack of a termcap entry for Rxvt-Unicode. So, I found an entry, and appended it to /usr/share/misc/termcap.
    I was surprised to find that I had the same problem as before, so I rebooted, upon boot, I opened an SSH connection from my desktop, but the same problem remains.

    I remember reading somewhere that I need to put the termcap entry in termcap.src.
    Due to my very limited BSD experience (literally an hours experience), I have no idea where to find this.
    I tried searching my local ports with "make search name=termcap", but there were no results.

    Any help would be great, Xterm isn't very nice.
    *emphasis mine*

    Why are you running X on a command-line only system?

    Anyway, this might be useful:

    http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp...cap_file_entry

  3. #3
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    Re: Rxvt-Unicode Termcap FreeBSD

    check out sysutils/jfbterm

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