VTE Failed to load terminal capabilities from /etc/termcap

[Victor Rodriguez]

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 11:39 AM, killermoehre <killermoehre at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Am 07.10.2014 um 18:29 schrieb Victor Rodriguez:
> > HI
> >
> > I am really new on XFEC , this is my first time I build XFCE from source
> > code ( included Xorg ) .
> >
> > At the end when I was so happy to finally work on OS build by my self I
> > get this error:
> >
> > VTE Failed to load terminal capabilities from /etc/termcap
> >
> > I found the termcap rpm from red hat ( really old version ) installed
> > and work like a charm. The RPM only provides that specific file and it
> > works just fine. However I dont think is the best solution since termcap
> > is a really old feature, what about terminfo ?
> >
> > I am using VT 0.28 ( since I only have GTK 2)
> >
> > Should I change something on the way I compile VTE or XFCE terminal ?
> >
> > Thanks a lot for all your help and regards
> >
> > Victor Rodriguez
> Hello Rodriguez,
>
> funny that you come up with this, it was a topic today in #xfce at freenode. The problem is within libvte and is already fixed in the master branch of it, but there won't be any backporting. See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=728900
> To get rid of the error message, go into the xfce4-terminal settings → compatibility → emulation and set this to "xterm".
>
> Regards
> killermoehre
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Hi killermoehre

Thanks a lot for the help and the info.

SO , let me see if I understand right , I need to use the latest
version of VTE ( 0.35 maybe ? ) and then the problem will be fixed ?.
I double check the suggestion of :

settings → compatibility → emulation -> "xterm".

But my xfce terminal has this settings :(

I also check my fedora 19 adn they use vte0.28 , which is really wear,
since there the terminal is working fine ( xfce terminal )

The problem is not just the terminal message , the problem is that it
does not let me run any command ( I have to type in example: ls + ctr
+ j ) , the Enter button is not working

Thanks a lot for the help

Regards

Victor Rodriguez