I _guess_ it shouldn't be that hard to patch screen to make an exception to the "prepend 'screen.'" rule, and convert an implicitly created "screen.xterm-256color" into "screen-256color". (I haven't checked screen's source to see how easy it would be.)
This would go against its current documentation, so the documentation should be updated and probably a similar README.Debian entry should also be created. Also, before doing this, it should be examined and understood what's the difference between these two terminal descriptions (at least the file themselves are not exactly byte-by-byte the same). Alternatively, a similar workaround could go into shell startup files (probably /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/zsh/zshrc) instead. If we're saying documenting the issue in screen's README.Debian is enough (as it might easily be, presumably there'll be tons of forums out there pointing to this file), the current addition really nicely summarizes the available workarounds, thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1726826 Title: screen 256 colour TERM setting breaks logging into older hosts To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1726826/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
