urxvt missing rxvt-256color terminfo (or dependency)

Bug #772924 reported by Pm
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: rxvt-unicode

The urxvt application (provided by rxvt-unicode package) now defaults the TERM environment variable to "rxvt-256color", but there is no rxvt-256color terminfo file provided by default. There is an xterm-256color terminfo entry, and manually setting TERM to this entry seems to work, but the defaults are incorrect.

Steps to reproduce (from fresh install):

1. Install rxvt-unicode package
2. execute "urxvt"
3. In the new terminal window that opens, execute "echo $TERM". This displays "rxvt-256color".
4. Attempt to display a man page (e.g., "man urxvt"). Terminal displays "WARNING: terminal is not fully functional"

Thanks!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: rxvt-unicode 9.09-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 28 23:25:18 2011
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rxvt-unicode
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Pm (pmichaud) wrote :
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ILLIOS (mamed-off) wrote :

On 32bit system this bug reproduced too

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Tamás Nepusz (ntamas) wrote :

A terminfo file for rxvt-256color is to be found in the ncurses-term package; installing ncurses-term manually resolved the problem for me.

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Matthias Metzger (macellarius) wrote :

Confirmed, since upgrading to Natty. Installing ncurses-term solved the problem, too.

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gwern (gwern0) wrote :

Reproduced bug & ncurses-term solution on 32-bit Natty.

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PA Parent (paparent) wrote :

Same thing happened to me here. I'm glad that now rxvt-unicode support 256 color! :) Will ncurses-term be a dependency for rxvt-unicode?

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Nathan Collins (ntc2) wrote :

The problem is also solved by setting TERM to something with a valid terminfo file, e.g. `export TERM=rxvt-unicode`.

Installing ncurses-term is a better solution, but setting TERM might help someone that doesn't have root.

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