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test = setupterm((char *)0, 1, (int *)0);

or

test = setupterm(NULL, lineno(stdout), (int *)0);

both of them returns 0 which means no matching entry in terminfo database.
It would be nice if you help me to figure out whats wrong with those
calls.
Thank you so much.
Tayfun ?zdemir.

$ man curs_terminfo
...
        int setupterm(const char *term, int fildes, int *errret);
...
        The setupterm routine reads in the terminfo database, ini-
        tializing the terminfo structures, but does not set up the
        output virtualization structures used by curses.  The ter-
        minal  type is the character string term; if term is null,
        the environment variable TERM is used.  All output  is  to
        file  descriptor  fildes  which is initialized for output.
        If errret is not null, then setupterm returns  OK  or  ERR
        and  stores  a  status  value in the integer pointed to by
        errret.  A return value of OK combined with status of 1 in
        errret is normal.  If ERR is returned, examine errret:
...
               0    means that the terminal could not be found, or
                    that  it  is a generic type, having too little
                    information for curses applications to run.
...

seeing as you've told it to ignore the error code:

   test = setupterm((char *)0, 1, (int *)0);

HOW do you know the error return (in errret) is 0?  I've just tried:

    int err;
    int test = setupterm((char *)0, 1, &err);
    printf("test = %d, err = %d\n", test, err);
    printf("OK = %d, ERR = %d\n", OK, ERR);

and got back:

test = 0, err = 1
OK = 0, ERR = -1

So, setupterm() has returned OK, with a staus (in err) of 1, which is
totally normal (see man extract above) for a successful call.