10.2.3 & terminal

madmax559madmax559
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
after updating to 10.2.3 i get this msg when i open a terminal window...

"terminals database is inaccesible"



anyone run into this before ? & if so whats the

fix



thanks

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    repair your permissions ?
  • Reply 2 of 5
    madmax559madmax559 Posts: 596member
    tried that...no go....reinstall is not an option..



    really pissed at the moment beacuse i cant run vi

    or emacs or access my oracle db or do anything

    cmd line....



    path looks ok....



    do you have a termcap file in /etc ?
  • Reply 3 of 5
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    no. me is complete afraid of *nix
  • Reply 4 of 5
    madmax559madmax559 Posts: 596member
    fixed .....missing entry in /usr/share/terminfo

    normally these entries are stored in a db

    in /etc/termcap on unix systems

    for some odd reason apple choose to flatten

    the entries out...
  • Reply 5 of 5
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    aha. alright.
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