--- rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2010/05/23 00:02:52	1.265
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2010/06/14 15:50:08	1.268
@@ -1535,11 +1535,16 @@
   /*
    * 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
       memset (tio, 0, sizeof (struct termios));
+      if (VDISABLE)
+        for (int i = 0; i < NCCS; i++)
+          tio->c_cc[i] = VDISABLE;
 
       tio->c_cc[VINTR] = CINTR;
       tio->c_cc[VQUIT] = CQUIT;
@@ -1569,16 +1574,6 @@
     }
 
   tio->c_cc[VEOF] = CEOF;
-  tio->c_cc[VEOL] = VDISABLE;
-# ifdef VEOL2
-  tio->c_cc[VEOL2] = VDISABLE;
-# endif
-# ifdef VSWTC
-  tio->c_cc[VSWTC] = VDISABLE;
-# endif
-# ifdef VSWTCH
-  tio->c_cc[VSWTCH] = VDISABLE;
-# endif
 # if VMIN != VEOF
   tio->c_cc[VMIN] = 1;
 # endif