On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 05:15:22AM +0000, Leo Alekseyev wrote: > On Ubuntu 9.10, GNU screen ignores any attempt to set the TERM variable -- > either by setting term="xterm-256color" in .screenrc, or using :term command > in > screen itself, or using a -T command line switch. Whatever I do, $TERM is > stuck > at xterm. Somehow screen is able to display 256 colors under gnome-terminal, > but > under xterm it defaults to 8. I tried reinstalling from the repositories and > compiling from source, and I still see this behavior. Can someone explain > what > is going on and how to fix it? TIA.
What shell are you using, and does the problem persist if you start your shell without config files? -- Thor _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users