warning: TERM environment variable set to 'tmux-256color'

I use ’tmux’ on anything that runs it, from FreeBSD, macOS and Linux. One some of Linux servers, noticably openSUSE ones, when I connect to them via SSH, I would receive the following warning: ... Have a lot of fun... warning: Could not set up terminal. warning: TERM environment variable set to 'tmux-256color'. warning: Check that this terminal type is supported on this system. warning: Using fallback terminal type 'ansi'. What worse is that, when I switch to root account, the backspace key doesn’t work correctly....

October 12, 2023 · 1 min · 196 words · kenno