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[Bug 140011] Re: Failed to load terminal capabilities from '/etc/termcap'

 

This was because dpkg won't replace a directory with a symlink. Debian
fixed it in 1:0.28.1-2. We should merge that for precise, and do some
SRUs to natty and oneiric.

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #611826
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=611826

** Also affects: vte (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=611826
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  Failed to load terminal capabilities from '/etc/termcap'

Status in “vte” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “vte” package in Debian:
  Unknown
Status in “vte” package in Fedora:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

  Open terminal and get following output

  *** VTE ***: Failed to load terminal capabilities from '/etc/termcap'
  basil@ubuntulaptop:~$ 

  nothing typed at the prompt does anything and I appear to have damaged
  the terminal but can't find any info on this error.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Sep 16 23:38:45 2007
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
  Package: gnome-terminal 2.18.0-0ubuntu1
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcCmdline: gnome-terminal
  ProcCwd: /home/basil
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
  Uname: Linux ubuntulaptop 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Fri Aug 31 00:55:27 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

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