10.10 xfce4-terminal TERM not set

[RIchard James13]

I just upgraded from 10.04 to 10.10 and when trying to run top in a xfce4-term I got the following error

TERM environment variable needs set.

Gnome-terminal is not affected.

Have not found a solution yet (apart from manually setting the value)

export TERM=xterm

[EDIT]
Have found more info in this thread
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9957803

[2nd EDIT]
Logged bug via launchpad
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...al/+bug/659023

[RIchard James13]

A new vte package has fixed this bug
resolved for me by running apt-get update and restarting the term

[jan-12]

Here's a neat solution I found:

1. Open the terminal and type:

$ export TERM=xterm

2. If that works, then be SU and include that line at the end of your /etc/bash.bashrc.

That solved it for me. Hope this helps.