Re: [gentoo-user] Setting $TERM in Konsole (and others)

[Glenn Enright]

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:57, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> I couldn't find it either. What bothers me is that in a Konsole, there's
> a Settings -> Configure Konsole -> Session -> $TERM
> setting that looks like it should override anything X does. I would
> expect that Konsole would be started, change the TERM environment
> and start the indicated shell. This isn't happening.
>
> I guess it's time to look in a bugs database for KDE.
>
> ++ kevin
>
> On 10/15/05, Glenn Enright <elinar@×××××××.nz> wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 03:06, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> > > I run Konsole for shell sessions, and things are going slightly wrong.
> > > I've tracked it down to the fact that although I've set the Konsole
> > > preferences to $TERM=linux, that variable is obdurately "xterm".
> > >
> > > When I put an echo in .bashrc or .bash_profile, it's already xterm.
> > > How can I find the culprit?
> > >
> > > ++ kevin
> >
> > You'll find if you log into a text console (ALT F1, F2 etc), $TERM should
> > be
> > linux. However konsole and others in 'X' are set to xterm so something is
> > being set as X loads. I couldn't find xterm in any of the /etc/env.d
> > files,
> > so its not being picked up there anyhow.
> >

Did a little more investigating. When I load a konsole I have a tab down the 
bottom for each session. To get another session I can click on the icon next 
to the tabs. If I hold the mouse buttion over this session, I get a list 
which includes a 'Linux session'. This should have the $TERM variable set 
correctly for you. 
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