The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 5807
Logged by: Gabe Nell
Email address: gabe@kikini.com
PostgreSQL version: 9.0.2
Operating system: Linux Ubuntu 10.04
Description: psql fails to launch with "Cannot read termcap database;
using dumb terminal settings. Aborted"
Details:
I am seeing this on fresh installs of Ubuntu 10.04 using the binary
installer downloaded from EnterpriseDB:
sudo ./postgresql-9.0.2-1-linux.bin --mode unattended --superpassword
mypassword
Launching psql fails:
ubuntu@host:~$ /opt/PostgreSQL/9.0/bin/psql -Upostgres
Password for user postgres:
psql (9.0.2)
Type "help" for help.
Cannot read termcap database;
using dumb terminal settings.
Aborted
ubuntu@host:~$
The above works fine with 9.0.1, suggesting this is a new issue in 9.0.2. I
tried both 32bit and 64bit, same problem. Interestingly, the problem doesn't
repro under byobu (Ubuntu's enhanced 'screen' utility).
