From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 31 12:06:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA55610656AC for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:06:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from herbert.raimund@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 271AE8FC29 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:06:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 31 Dec 2009 12:06:14 -0000 Received: from host-194126238033.net-serwis.pl (EHLO localhost) [194.126.238.33] by mail.gmx.net (mp055) with SMTP; 31 Dec 2009 13:06:14 +0100 X-Authenticated: #18511094 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18w8QYpjT8wdeQz/fvf3Cyytqfq7LovKGDbFzNBit /Dxnyq4k2VVfC7 Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:06:02 +0100 From: herbert langhans To: Bernt Hansson Message-ID: <20091231120602.GA4597@sandcat> References: <20091229233733.GA22526@sandcat> <59847b700912291822l62093a4fqf154c8f22f42f527@mail.gmail.com> <20091230082147.GA55156@sandcat> <4B3B25EB.6050607@bah.homeip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B3B25EB.6050607@bah.homeip.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.61 Cc: "Dave M." , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Midnight Commander - Where is the subshell? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:06:16 -0000 On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:05:31AM +0100, Bernt Hansson wrote: > herbert langhans said the following on 2009-12-30 09:21: > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 02:22:29AM +0000, Dave M. wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:37 PM, herbert langhans > >> wrote: > >>> Hi Daemons, > >>> I have just installed the brandnew mc 4.7 - now there is still an old little annoyance: > >>> > >>> Being root I can switch away the mc-commander and use the shell, CTRL+o does the trick. > >>> > >>> But as a normal user CTRL+o blanks the screen, no shell prompt appears and hitting a key just shows mc again. > >>> > >>> The subshell support must be working, all is fine if I am root. > >>> What is wrong there, anyone knows the trick using the subshell as a normal user?? > >>> > > >> Hello, > >> Check your directory permissions on ~home/.mc > > > > I tried 777 on ~/.mc - still the same problem. > > > > How about other listers Midnight Commander? Is it the same on your computers? > > Maybe I will write to the port maintainerabout it, > > for the case it is a common bug. > > > I have no problems with mc subshell. You can move ~/.mc to some other > name and start over. Fascinating. I have the 'no subshell' phenomenon on the desktop and the laptop. Tried also from another user login, still the same. Root can use mc-subshell, but users get a blank screen with CTRL-o. It even seems to be not a common problem. Just common on my FreeBSD-computers.. Cheers herb langhans -- sprachtraining langhans herbert langhans, warschau http://www.langhans.com.pl herbert dot raimund at gmx dot net +0048 603 341 441