Debian bug report logs - #841 dselect from dpkg 0.93.34 says "error opening terminal: console." Package: ncurses ; Reported by: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell); 186 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `ncurses'. Request was from iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) to debian-bugs-request@pixar.com . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Sat Apr 29 07:57:04 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0s5DxA-0005OeA; Sat, 29 Apr 95 07:57 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA17818 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Sat, 29 Apr 1995 07:56:56 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0s5DwR-000BznA; Sat, 29 Apr 95 15:56 BST Received: by chiark id m0s5Diz-0000Y7A (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.30); Sat, 29 Apr 95 15:42 BST Message-Id: Date: Sat, 29 Apr 95 15:42 BST From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Debian bugs submission address Subject: Re: Bug#841: dselect from dpkg 0.93.34 says "error opening terminal: console." Precedence: air-mail Bill Mitchell writes: > PACKAGE: dpkg > VERSION: 0.93r4 > > dselect won't start up. It complains of "error opening terminal", > nomatter what I set TERM to. Other programs which use /etc/termcap > (e.g., git) work OK. Bruce, can that message be improved, perhaps to mention that it's trying to use terminfo ? Since it's a Debian ncurses package you could even say to install the `ncurses-runtime' package. Something like: Terminal type `bbc-phx' is not defined in the terminfo database. Please (re)set your TERM variable, or install terminfo data for this terminal. Most terminfos can be found in the `ncurses-runtime' package. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#841 ; Package dpkg . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From pixar.com!bruce Fri Apr 28 16:40:08 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0s4zdm-0005zNC; Fri, 28 Apr 95 16:40 PDT Received: from mongo.pixar.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA05932 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Fri, 28 Apr 1995 16:40:04 -0700 Received: by mongo.pixar.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0s4zdi-0005zNC; Fri, 28 Apr 95 16:40 PDT Message-Id: Date: Fri, 28 Apr 95 16:40 PDT From: bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) To: debian-bugs@pixar.com, mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Subject: Re: Bug#841: dselect from dpkg 0.93.34 says "error opening terminal: console." Install ncurses-runtime. This will be fixed in the next base. -- Attention Ham Radio Operators: For information on "Linux for Hams", read the World Wide Web page http://www.rahul.net/perens/LinuxForHams ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#841 ; Package dpkg . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From mdd.comm.mot.com!mitchell Fri Apr 28 09:19:57 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0s4sln-00063bC; Fri, 28 Apr 95 09:19 PDT Received: from motgate.mot.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA24895 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Fri, 28 Apr 1995 09:19:49 -0700 Received: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.6) with ESMTP id LAA13151 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 11:19:49 -0500 Received: from mdd.comm.mot.com (mdisea.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.64.201]) by pobox.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.6) with SMTP id LAA01158 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 11:19:47 -0500 Received: from bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com by mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA21802; Fri, 28 Apr 95 09:19:46 PDT Received: by bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA09594; Fri, 28 Apr 95 09:19:42 PDT Date: Fri, 28 Apr 95 09:19:42 PDT From: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Message-Id: <9504281619.AA09594@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: dselect from dpkg 0.93.34 says "error opening terminal: console." PACKAGE: dpkg VERSION: 0.93r4 dselect won't start up. It complains of "error opening terminal", nomatter what I set TERM to. Other programs which use /etc/termcap (e.g., git) work OK. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#841 ; Package dpkg . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov