[arch] ncurses and KEY_RESIZE/SIGWINCH
Sergej Pupykin
ps at lx-ltd.ru
Fri Jul 6 10:24:01 EDT 2007
>> I have some problems with ncurses apps (dialog and htop). When I resize
>> terminal (I try xterm, urxvt, konsole) application can not get new terminal
>> sizes. I found that terminal emulators sends SIGWINCH correctly. Also I try
>> to rebuild ncurses with --enable-sigwinch. Nothing happens.
>>
>> Please advise what can I do?
>AS> I've also experienced a lot of issues regarding ncurses and resizing
>AS> terminals, but was never able to track down exactly what the deal was.
>AS> Just wanted to say that you're not the only one, but I can't help
>AS> much beyond that.
I fixed this by commenting
#export COLUMNS LINES
line in /etc/profile, So it seems as bash package bug.
Anybody knows WHY??? :-O
PS. So not included /etc/profile into .bashrc is the reason why it works on
some machines.
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