$OpenBSD: README,v 1.4 2018/09/04 12:46:28 espie Exp $

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| Running rxvt-unicode on OpenBSD
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With ssh it is possible to receive errors like "Terminal unknown"
upon logging in. For example, starting ncurses applications like
tmux(1) fails with the message "open terminal failed: missing or
unsuitable terminal: rxvt-unicode-256color".

A convenient workaround for this problem is transferring the right
terminfo files to the remote host:

$ ssh remotemachine mkdir -p .terminfo/r
$ scp /usr/local/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode* remotemachine:.terminfo/r/

If this isn't possible or desirable, another workaround is overriding
the default terminal type name via the user's "~/.Xdefaults" file.
e.g.:

URxvt*termName: rxvt-256color
