Description of problem: Invoking another gnome-terminal window via <Button3>New Window, or <Button3>New Tab, gets the error message "*** VTE ***: Failed to load terminal capabilities from '/etc/termcap'" as the first line of the pane; and keyboard arrow keys <Up>, <Down>, <PageUp>, <PageDown> are not interpreted in that pane. <Up> and <Down> at bash prompt do not traverse the bash shell commandline history; <PageUp> and <PageDown> do not scroll in vi, etc. It is as if the keyboard cursor keys are ignored. The first terminal pane Activities > Favorites > Terminal works OK: no complaint, and keyboard cursor keys act normally. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-terminal-3.3.0-1.fc17.x86_64 gnome-shell-3.3.92-1.fc17.x86_64 bash-4.2.24-1.fc17.x86_64 kernel-3.3.0-1.fc17.x86_64 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Invoke gnome-terminal via Activities > Favorites > Terminal. 2. Invoke a new terminal via <Button3>New Window, or <Button3>New Tab. 3. Actual results: 1. Keyboard cursor keys work. 2. The complaint "*** VTE ***: Failed to load terminal capabilities from '/etc/termcap'" appears as the first line of the new terminal pane, and keyboard cursor keys are not recognized. Expected results: In the second and subsequent panes, then no complaint about terminal capabilities, and keyboard cursor keys work. Additional info:
What does gresource list /usr/lib64/libvte2_90.so say ?
Sorry, I upgraded all 3 of my test systems to gnome-3.4 over the weekend, and the problem no longer occurs. The new versions are: gnome-terminal-3.4.0.1-1.fc17.x86_64 gnome-shell-3.4.0-1.fc17.x86_64 bash-4.2.24-1.fc17.x86_64 kernel-3.3.0-8.fc17.x86_64 vte3-0.32.0-1.fc17.x86_64 [Note the file is now /usr/lib64/libvte2_90.so.9.3200.0 and the requested output is: $ gresource list /usr/lib64/libvte2_90.so.9.3200.0 /org/gnome/vte/2.90/termcap/xterm ] Downgrading only these packages: Apr 02 19:00:36 Installed: gnome-shell-3.3.90-2.fc17.x86_64 Apr 02 19:00:45 Installed: gnome-terminal-3.3.0-1.fc17.x86_64 and logging out and logging back in gets "Oh no! Something has happened. Contact a sysadmin.". Rebooting does not fix this: still "Oh no! ..." This is too much hassle, so I re-upgraded to current gnome-terminal-3.4.0.1-1.fc17.x86_64 gnome-shell-3.4.0-1.fc17.x86_64 bash-4.2.24-1.fc17.x86_64 and am moving on...