365539 – x11-libs/vte-0.28.0-r200: Failed to load terminal capabilities from '/etc/termcap'

Bug 365539 - x11-libs/vte-0.28.0-r200: Failed to load terminal capabilities from '/etc/termcap'

Summary: x11-libs/vte-0.28.0-r200: Failed to load terminal capabilities from '/etc/ter...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal major (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team

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Duplicates (2):	370365 373693 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2011-05-01 12:05 UTC by Marcin
Modified:	2011-07-01 10:50 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Marcin 2011-05-01 12:05:24 UTC

I've just updated vte, and now, when i run gnome-terminal i got this error: Failed to load terminal capabilities from '/etc/termcap'. Also 'Enter' key doesn't work.

Here is explanation, how to fix it: http://www.mail-archive.com/desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com/msg488878.html

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update vte
2. run gnome-terminal
3.
Actual Results:  
Error appears

Comment 1 Hans de Graaff gentoo-dev

2011-05-02 05:54:34 UTC

This appears to happen because the termcap path changed. The solution is to stop all your terminal applications that use vte, and restart them. With gnome-terminal it's not enough to just start a new one because that will attach to the already running process.

Comment 2 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-05-02 09:24:23 UTC

killall gnome-terminal and restart a new instance of the application.
Older upgrades did this as well, not a bug.

Comment 3 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-06-07 09:34:13 UTC

*** Bug 370365 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Daniel M. Weeks 2011-06-25 04:56:53 UTC

I hunted this down to make sure I wasn't reporting the same issue over again because I just experienced it as well. I would recommend including a notice for users post-install since restarting *all* gnome-terminal processes probably isn't apparent to a lot of people.

Comment 5 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2011-07-01 10:50:13 UTC

*** Bug 373693 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***