5 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/mdk-stage1/NEWS b/mdk-stage1/NEWS
index 0ae36894b..39ce631e4 100644
--- a/mdk-stage1/NEWS
+++ b/mdk-stage1/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 - make sure nurses get initialized in UTF-8 (mga#4894)
+- revert to "linux" terminfo
 
 1.66
 - do not advice long dead pcmcia.img & network.img images (mga#5466)
diff --git a/mdk-stage1/init.c b/mdk-stage1/init.c
index b8bbe3b2c..e258f03d5 100644
--- a/mdk-stage1/init.c
+++ b/mdk-stage1/init.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ char * env[] = {
 #endif
 	,
 	"HOME=/",
-	"TERM=screen",
+	"TERM=linux",
 	"TERMINFO=/etc/terminfo",
 	"LC_CTYPE=UTF-8",
 	NULL
diff --git a/mdk-stage1/rescue-gui.c b/mdk-stage1/rescue-gui.c
index 33eed52f7..5a7e10de2 100644
--- a/mdk-stage1/rescue-gui.c
+++ b/mdk-stage1/rescue-gui.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ char * env[] = {
 #endif
 	,
 	"HOME=/",
-	"TERM=screen",
+	"TERM=linux",
 	"TERMINFO=/etc/terminfo",
 	NULL
 };
diff --git a/rescue/NEWS b/rescue/NEWS
index d822eb9ac..78b45a0cb 100644
--- a/rescue/NEWS
+++ b/rescue/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 - default to the higher version when there're several mga roots (mga#6003)
+- revert to "linux" terminfo
 
 Version 1.38 - 11 May 2012, by Thierry Vignaud
 
diff --git a/rescue/tree/etc/rc.sysinit b/rescue/tree/etc/rc.sysinit
index 5dff731d3..96d2f7d88 100755
--- a/rescue/tree/etc/rc.sysinit
+++ b/rescue/tree/etc/rc.sysinit
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ echo "Setting local loop"
 # disable the weird echoprt in cooked mode for user interaction:
 stty sane
 
-export TERM=screen
-
 #LANGUAGE (filled by make_rescue_img)
 
 grep -q noauto /proc/cmdline || drvinst SERIAL_USB