You must set enviroment variables TERM and TERMINFO, like this:
export TERM=linux
export TERMINFO=/etc/terminfo
And, if you device have no this dir (/etc/terminfo), make it, and copy terminfo database.
For “linux”, and “pcansi” terminals you can download database:
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2134052&d=1374459598
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=552287&page=4