Re: vim window clears the terminal history

On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:46:43 AM UTC-5, joe M wrote:
> Hello,
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> When I close a vim/vi window from the terminal, I get a screenful of
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> blank screen and any previous terminal history is blanked out.
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> It seems to be a well-known issue as documented at
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> http://www.shallowsky.com/linux/noaltscreen.html
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> It is similar to what is described here, but, instead of viewing the
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> files' contents, I get a blank screen.
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> http://serverfault.com/questions/270103/gnu-screen-clearing-on-vim-less-etc-exit
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> my terminal settings:
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> infocmp -C rxvt-unicode-256color
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> # Reconstructed via infocmp from file:
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> /usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode-256color
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> # (untranslatable capabilities removed to fit entry within 1023 bytes)
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> rxvt-unicode-256color|rxvt-unicode terminal with 256 colors (X Window System):\
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> :am:bw:eo:hs:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
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> :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
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> :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
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> :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
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> :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
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> :as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
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> :cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
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> :dl=\E[M:do=^J:ds=\E]2;\007:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:fs=^G:\
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> :ho=\E[H:i1=\E[!p:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
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> :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[?7;25h\E[?1;3;4;5;6;9;66;1000;1001;1049l\E[4l:\
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> :k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
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> :k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
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> :kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\E[B:ke=\E>:\
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> :kh=\E[7~:kl=\E[D:kr=\E[C:ks=\E=:ku=\E[A:le=^H:mb=\E[5m:\
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> :md=\E[1m:me=\E[0m:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:\
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> :se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
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> :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ts=\E]2;:ue=\E[24m:\
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> :up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
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> :vs=\E[?25h:
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> --(/tmp)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(pts/3@master)--
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> echo $TERM
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> rxvt-unicode-256color
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>
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> vim :set termcap shows the below:
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> --- Terminal codes ---
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> t_AL=^[[%p1%dL t_CS= t_fs=^G
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> t_md=^[[1m t_RV=^[[>c t_us=^[[4m t_xs=
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> t_al=^[[L t_CV= t_IE=^G
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> t_me=^[[m t_se=^[[27m t_vb= t_ZH=^[[3m
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> t_bc= t_ut=y t_IS=^[]1;
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> t_mr=^[[7m t_so=^[[7m t_ve=^[[?25h
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> t_ZR=^[[23m
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> t_cd=^[[J t_da= t_ke=^[[?1l^[> t_ms=y
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> t_sr=^[M t_vi=^[[?25l
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> t_ce=^[[K t_db= t_ks=^[[?1h^[=
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> t_nd=^[[C t_ts=^[]2; t_vs=^[[?25h
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> t_cl=^[[H^[[2J t_DL=^[[%p1%dM t_le=^H
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> t_op=^[[39;49m t_ti=^[[?1049h t_SI=
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> t_Co=256 t_dl=^[[M t_mb=^[[5m
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> t_RI=^[[%p1%dC t_ue=^[[m t_EI=
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> t_AB=^[[48;5;%p1%dm
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> t_AF=^[[38;5;%p1%dm
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> t_cm=^[[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH
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> t_cs=^[[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr
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> t_Sb=%?%p1%{7}%>%t^[[48;5;%p1%dm%e^[[4%?%p1%{1}%=%t4%e%p1%{3}%=%t6%e%p1%{4}%=%t1%e%p1%{6}%=%t3%e%p1%d%;m%;
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> t_Sf=%?%p1%{7}%>%t^[[38;5;%p1%dm%e^[[3%?%p1%{1}%=%t4%e%p1%{3}%=%t6%e%p1%{4}%=%t1%e%p1%{6}%=%t3%e%p1%d%;m%;
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> t_te=^[[r^[[?1049l
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> t_WP=^[[3;%p1%d;%p2%dt
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> t_WS=^[[8;%p1%d;%p2%dt
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> --- Terminal keys ---
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> t_#2 <S-Home> ^[[7$ t_K4 <kEnd> ^[[4;*~ t_k4 <F4>
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> ^[[14;*~ t_kP <PageUp> ^[[5;*~ <xF4> ^[O*S
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> t_#4 <S-Left> ^[[d t_K5 <kPageDown> ^[Os t_k5 <F5>
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> ^[[15;*~ t_kb <BS> ^? <xEnd> ^[O*F
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> t_%1 <Help> ^[[28;*~ t_K6 <kPlus> ^[O*k t_k6 <F6>
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> ^[[17;*~ t_kd <Down> ^[O*B <zEnd> ^[[8;*~
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> t_%i <S-Right> ^[[c t_K7 <kMinus> ^[O*m t_k7 <F7>
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> ^[[18;*~ t_kh <Home> ^[[1;*H <xHome> ^[O*H
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> t_&8 <Undo> ^[[26;*~ t_K8 <kDivide> ^[O*o t_k8 <F8>
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> ^[[19;*~ t_kl <Left> ^[O*D <zHome> ^[[7;*~
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> t_*7 <S-End> ^[[8$ t_K9 <kMultiply> ^[O*j t_k9 <F9>
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> ^[[20;*~ t_kr <Right> ^[O*C <xUp> ^[[1;*A
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> t_@7 <End> ^[[1;*F t_KA <kEnter> ^[O*M t_k; <F10>
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> ^[[21;*~ t_ku <Up> ^[O*A <xDown> ^[[1;*B
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> t_F1 <F11> ^[[23;*~ t_KB <kPoint> ^[O*n t_kB <S-Tab>
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> ^[[Z <Mouse> ^[[M <xLeft> ^[[1;*D
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> t_F2 <F12> ^[[24;*~ t_k1 <F1> ^[[11;*~ t_kD <Del>
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> ^[[3~ <xF1> ^[O*P <xRight> ^[[1;*C
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> t_K1 <kHome> ^[[1;*~ t_k2 <F2> ^[[12;*~ t_kI <Insert>
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> ^[[2;*~ <xF2> ^[O*Q <kDel> ^[[3;*~
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> t_K3 <kPageUp> ^[Oy t_k3 <F3> ^[[13;*~ t_kN <PageDown>
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> ^[[6;*~ <xF3> ^[O*R
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> vim version below
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> :version
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> VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Aug 28 2012 08:09:40)
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> Included patches: 1-638
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> Compiled by root@master
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> Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
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> +arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset
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> +cindent +clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist
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> +cmdline_info +comments +conceal +cryptv +cscope +cursorbind
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> +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags
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> +eval
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> +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +float
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> +folding -footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand
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> +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds
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> +localmap +lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape
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> +mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse
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> +mouse_xterm +mouse_urxvt +mouse_sgr +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme
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> +netbeans_intg +path_extra +perl +persistent_undo +postscript +printer
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> +profile +python -python3 +quickfix +reltime +rightleft +ruby
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> +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +startuptime +statusline
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> -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white +tcl
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> +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title -toolbar +user_commands
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> +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace
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> +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup +X11 +xfontset -xim
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> +xsmp_interact +xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
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> system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
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> user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
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> user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
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> fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
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> Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -O2 -pipe -ftracer
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> -fgcse-after-reload -march=core2 -mcx16 -msahf -mpclmul -mpopcnt -msse
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> 4.2 --param l1-cache-size=32 --param l1-cache-line-size=64 --param
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> l2-cache-size=3072 -mtune=generic -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
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> -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
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> -I/usr/include -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE=1
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> Linking: gcc -L. -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--sort-common
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> -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic -Wl,-E
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> -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.12/linux
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> -thread-multi/CORE -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--sort-common
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> -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lSM -lICE -lXpm -lXt -lX11 -lXdmcp -lSM
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> -lICE
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> -lm -lncurses -lelf -lnsl -ldl -L/usr/lib -llua -Wl,-E
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> -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.12/linux-thread-multi/CORE
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> -fstack-protector -L/usr/
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> lib/perl5/5.12/linux-thread-multi/CORE -lperl -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt
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> -lutil -lpthread -lc -L/usr/lib/python2.7/config -lpython2.7 -lpthread
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> -
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> ldl -lutil -lm -Xlinker -export-dynamic -L/usr/lib -ltcl8.5 -ldl
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> -lieee -lm -Wl,-R -Wl,/usr/lib -L/usr/lib -lruby -lpthread -lrt -ldl
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> -lcryp
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> t -lm -L/usr/lib
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> Any thoughts, please?
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> Thanks
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> Joe

Does :help xterm-screens address your need?

How about http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1684567 or http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/why-does-vim-clear-the-screen-on-exit-711012/ from the first page of google hits for "vim clear screen"?

Actually, the very first link YOU gave us tells you a method to fix it. Did it not work? What happened when you tried it?

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