From 88f3227d0ca9075628ceb034a9828e929e233b43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Reshmi Aravind Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:58:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: mention invalid TERM ncurses error --- README.markdown | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index d9594c0..801eecc 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ Troubleshoot - The plot looks bad: - Verify that you installed the wide character version of the ncurses library (libncurses**w**5-dev for Debian / Ubuntu), clean the build directory and restart the build process. +- If `nvtop` exits with `ncurses: cannot initialize terminal type ($TERM="unknown")`, ensure that `$TERM` is set to a valid terminal type such as `xterm-256color`. - **Putty**: Tell putty not to lie about its capabilities (`$TERM`) by setting the field ``Terminal-type string`` to ``putty`` in the menu ``Connection > Data > Terminal Details``. - `NO GPU to monitor.` for NVIDIA GPUs: