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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 20:46:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Francois de Campagnolle <frc AT myrealbox DOT com>
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Subject: Re: rxvt - unknown terminal type
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On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, Francois de Campagnolle wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I haven't been able to use rxvt (with and without X) on my NT box for about
> a week now.
> When I run it from bash in a DOS cmd, a new window is created saying "unknow
> terminal type: rxvt".
> I got the same message when running an rxvt win from X.
> Also, I get "unknow terminal type: cygwin" msgs when I launch DOS cmd with
> bash.
> I update my install once a week, I tried to reinstall rxvt and all the X
> stuff, and also tried to get the exp version - all without success. I should
> also mention that I have set a .Xresource file in my homedir.
> Is this a known issue?  What can I try now?
>
> FRC

[Re]install the termcap/terminfo packages.
	Igor
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