--- rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2010/05/23 00:02:52	1.265
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2010/06/14 15:40:03	1.266
@@ -1535,7 +1535,9 @@
   /*
    * standard System V termios interface
    */
-  if (tcgetattr (STDIN_FILENO, tio) < 0)
+  // does not work as stdin is not a tty
+  // if (tcgetattr (STDIN_FILENO, tio) < 0)
+  if (1)
     {
       // return error - use system defaults,
       // where possible, and zero elsewhere