Can't Type in CS2 using External Editor.

Please tell me that I'm doing something silly. After I send my image from Aperture 1.5 to CS2 through External Editor, I am unable to use the Type tool. It sets the type area, but there is no blinking cursor bar and no print appears. All was well before I upgraded, and all other tools seem to work fine.
The type tool works fine when I open an image directly with CS2.
Thanks for the help, and I apologize if this topic has been discussed already.

starbreaker wrote:
jasonwryan wrote:Are you setting $TERM in any of your shell initialization files? What is the output of `echo $TERM` in urxvt and xterm? What shell are you using?
This is what I get using bash in urxvtc instances connected to urxvtd.
$ echo $TERM
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