Re: mc problem with EXTDIRHELPER variable

2025-01-31 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 14:05:02 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: >I am running Trixie. Should have made that clear before. > What I can't understand is MC would open and browse ZIP files and DEB files > but would not open PDF files. > At any rate the offending macro was in the

Re: mc problem with EXTDIRHELPER variable

2025-01-31 Thread Frank McCormick
On 1/31/25 1:28 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: /tmp/mc-frank/mcextELJ902: 11: @EXTHELPERSDIR@/doc.sh: not found It would help if someone were to show us the offending file, though I don't quite understand why there's something that appears to be either a shell script or a perl scri

Re: mc problem with EXTDIRHELPER variable

2025-01-31 Thread Greg Wooledge
> > > /tmp/mc-frank/mcextELJ902: 11: @EXTHELPERSDIR@/doc.sh: not found It would help if someone were to show us the offending file, though I don't quite understand why there's something that appears to be either a shell script or a perl script in /tmp. > > Hhmm, loo

Re: mc problem with EXTDIRHELPER variable

2025-01-31 Thread Frank McCormick
On 1/31/25 11:21 AM, Frank McCormick wrote: On 1/31/25 9:42 AM, Hans wrote: Hi Frank, looks ok here with MC on debian/stable.     Upon further investigation, the problem seems restricted to PDF files. MC will open ZIP and DEB files. If I run MC in an xterm I see this: Enter some

Re: mc problem with EXTDIRHELPER variable

2025-01-31 Thread Frank McCormick
On 1/31/25 9:42 AM, Hans wrote: Hi Frank, looks ok here with MC on debian/stable. Upon further investigation, the problem seems restricted to PDF files. MC will open ZIP and DEB files. If I run MC in an xterm I see this: Enter some *.pdf will open it using okular as pdf-viewer. I

Re: mc problem with EXTDIRHELPER variable

2025-01-31 Thread Frank McCormick
On 1/31/25 9:42 AM, Hans wrote: Hi Frank, looks ok here with MC on debian/stable. Upon further investigation, the problem seems restricted to PDF files. MC will open ZIP and DEB files. If I run MC in an xterm I see this: Enter some *.pdf will open it using okular as pdf-viewer

Re: mc problem with EXTDIRHELPER variable

2025-01-31 Thread Hans
Hi Frank, looks ok here with MC on debian/stable. >Upon further investigation, the problem seems restricted to PDF > files. MC will open ZIP and DEB files. If I run MC in an xterm I see this: Enter some *.pdf will open it using okular as pdf-viewer. > > /tmp/mc-frank/mce

Re: mc problem with EXTDIRHELPER variable

2025-01-31 Thread Frank McCormick
rther investigation, the problem seems restricted to PDF files. MC will open ZIP and DEB files. If I run MC in an xterm I see this: /tmp/mc-frank/mcextELJ902: 11: @EXTHELPERSDIR@/doc.sh: not found The doc.sh file IS in /usr/lib/mc/ext.d.

mc problem with EXTDIRHELPER variable

2025-01-31 Thread Frank McCormick
Noticed this morning that Midnight Commander doesn't open zip or pdf files aaymore. It appears that a variable @EXTDIRHELPER@ is not being set for some reason. The variable is used in the mc.ext.ini files. Can anyone help ? Thanks -- Frank McCormick

Re: Probable bug in mc shell link when reading non-ASCII file names

2024-01-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2024-01-20 08:44 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2024-01-20 00:20 +0100, ju...@op.pl wrote: > >> I'm not sure if this is actually a bug in the mc package or maybe >> somewhere in sshd or in some library that uses ssh. That's why I >> didn't report

Re: Probable bug in mc shell link when reading non-ASCII file names

2024-01-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2024-01-20 00:20 +0100, ju...@op.pl wrote: > I'm not sure if this is actually a bug in the mc package or maybe > somewhere in sshd or in some library that uses ssh. That's why I > didn't report it via reportbug. Anyway, I noticed the effects only in > Shell Link

Re: Probable bug in mc shell link when reading non-ASCII file names

2024-01-19 Thread tomas
On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 12:20:55AM +0100, ju...@op.pl wrote: > I'm not sure if this is actually a bug in the mc package or maybe somewhere > in sshd or in some library that uses ssh. That's why I didn't report it via > reportbug. Anyway, I noticed the effects only in Shel

Probable bug in mc shell link when reading non-ASCII file names

2024-01-19 Thread jureq
I'm not sure if this is actually a bug in the mc package or maybe somewhere in sshd or in some library that uses ssh. That's why I didn't report it via reportbug. Anyway, I noticed the effects only in Shell Link in mc. SSH in the terminal works fine. FTP Link in mc also works pr

Re: MC settings (was: user perms)

2022-06-13 Thread Felix Miata
Joe composed on 2022-06-13 20:03 (UTC+0100): > I don't know if you know this, but when you close mc the *current* > version of the config file is re-saved. So if you edited the file in > mc, the new version will be overwritten. That's an unfortunate default, not carved in s

Re: What's the right way to get an unbroken mc package installed in Stretch

2018-08-21 Thread Zenaan Harkness
ckports in sources.list, but apparently > >> > it has no newer mc version available. 4.8.21 is on the mirrors, so I > >> > downloaded > >> > it from a mirror and installed it with dpkg. It works fine, but now apt > >> > is > >> > b

Re: What's the right way to get an unbroken mc package installed in Stretch

2018-08-21 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 01:46:08PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > /topic at irc://freenode/#debian makes no mention of ssb. The bots have thousands of factoids. The overwhelming majority are not mentioned in the /topic. > https://www.google.com/search?q=irc+bots+ssd&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.m

Re: What's the right way to get an unbroken mc package installed in Stretch

2018-08-21 Thread Felix Miata
Greg Wooledge composed on 2018-08-21 13:28 (UTC-0400): > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 01:20:23PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: >> I would have been >> happen [happy?] to stick with 4.8.17 if I could have found one anywhere. >> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mc/ skips

Re: What's the right way to get an unbroken mc package installed in Stretch

2018-08-21 Thread Felix Miata
Greg Wooledge composed on 2018-08-21 08:55 (UTC-0400): > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 08:36:30AM -0400, bw wrote: >> On Mon, 20 Aug 2018, Felix Miata wrote: >> > I configured stretch-backports in sources.list, but apparently >> > it has no newer mc version available. 4.8

Re: What's the right way to get an unbroken mc package installed in Stretch

2018-08-21 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 01:20:23PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > I would have been > happen [happy?] to stick with 4.8.17 if I could have found one anywhere. > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mc/ skips from 4.8.13 to 4.8.18, > then to 4.8.21. http://snapshot.debi

Re: What's the right way to get an unbroken mc package installed in Stretch

2018-08-21 Thread Felix Miata
another upstream bug, not fixed >> until 4.8.20[2]. I configured stretch-backports in sources.list, but >> apparently >> it has no newer mc version available. 4.8.21 is on the mirrors, so I >> downloaded >> it from a mirror and installed it with dpkg. It works fin

Re: What's the right way to get an unbroken mc package installed in Stretch

2018-08-21 Thread David Wright
es.list, but > apparently > it has no newer mc version available. 4.8.21 is on the mirrors, so I > downloaded > it from a mirror and installed it with dpkg. It works fine, but now apt is > broken because it thinks mc is broken and needs to be removed by "apt > --fix-broken

Re: What's the right way to get an unbroken mc package installed in Stretch

2018-08-21 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 08:36:30AM -0400, bw wrote: > On Mon, 20 Aug 2018, Felix Miata wrote: > > I configured stretch-backports in sources.list, but apparently > > it has no newer mc version available. 4.8.21 is on the mirrors, so I > > downloaded > > it from a mirror

Re: What's the right way to get an unbroken mc package installed in Stretch

2018-08-21 Thread bw
apparently > it has no newer mc version available. 4.8.21 is on the mirrors, so I > downloaded > it from a mirror and installed it with dpkg. It works fine, but now apt is > broken because it thinks mc is broken and needs to be removed by "apt > --fix-broken install". Appar

What's the right way to get an unbroken mc package installed in Stretch

2018-08-20 Thread Felix Miata
Stretch comes with 4.8.18, which for me is unusable due to an upstream bug fixed in 4.8.19[1], but 4.8.19 is unusable due to another upstream bug, not fixed until 4.8.20[2]. I configured stretch-backports in sources.list, but apparently it has no newer mc version available. 4.8.21 is on the

Re: MC (was: Rsync)

2017-11-06 Thread David Wright
t; > On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 19:51:48 +, Brian wrote: > > >>> >> Midnight Commander and locate are also very useful additions, but that > >>> >> does merit including them in Priority: standard. > >>> > ^ > >>> > not > >

Re: MC (was: Rsync)

2017-11-05 Thread Felix Miata
o very useful additions, but that >>> >> does merit including them in Priority: standard. >>> > ^ >>> > not >>> Not so sure about locate, but I'd include MC, with internal edit, some >>> time before I'd include, say, Nano

Re: mc using nano when vim.tiny is my default editor?

2016-10-07 Thread Bob Bernstein
Almost forgot: in mc's "Options" drop-down menu, uncheck "Use internal editor." (My taste is to use mc's internal viewer, so I leave that box checked.) -- IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential,

Re: mc using nano when vim.tiny is my default editor?

2016-10-07 Thread Bob Bernstein
Put in your ~/.bashrc lines like this: export EDITOR="vim.tiny" export VISUAL=$EDITOR Exit the current login session and then log in again, or load the new contents of ~/.bashrc with $ . ~/.bashrc Convince yourself that all is well in the environment with: $ env -- IMPORTANT: This email is

Re: mc using nano when vim.tiny is my default editor?

2016-10-07 Thread Anthony Baldwin
On 10/07/2016 06:11 PM, David Wright wrote: On Fri 07 Oct 2016 at 17:46:15 (-0400), Tony Baldwin wrote: On 10/07/2016 05:38 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:23:00PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon update-alternatives

Re: mc using nano when vim.tiny is my default editor?

2016-10-07 Thread Anthony Baldwin
On 10/07/2016 05:58 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:46:15PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: On 10/07/2016 05:38 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:23:00PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon update-alternatives

Re: mc using nano when vim.tiny is my default editor?

2016-10-07 Thread Anthony Baldwin
? After contemplation, my reply is: I use vi. In my ~/.config/mc/mc.ext I have include/editor Open=%var{EDITOR:vi} %f I don't find such a file. I suppose I could create it and see what happens. I tried, and I gkeep getting some error about a file error with that file, be

Re: mc using nano when vim.tiny is my default editor?

2016-10-07 Thread Tony Baldwin
On 10/07/2016 05:58 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote: export EDITOR=vim.tin I've learned recently whil using this to configure $PATH, Tat this is going to set it for the current session only. How can I make it permanent? thanks, Tony -- http://tonybaldwin.me all tony, all the time

Re: mc using nano when vim.tiny is my default editor?

2016-10-07 Thread David Wright
On Fri 07 Oct 2016 at 17:46:15 (-0400), Tony Baldwin wrote: > On 10/07/2016 05:38 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote: > >On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:23:00PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > >>Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon > >>update-alternatives --config edi

Re: mc using nano when vim.tiny is my default editor?

2016-10-07 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:46:15PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On 10/07/2016 05:38 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:23:00PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > > > Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon > > > update-alternatives --con

Re: mc using nano when vim.tiny is my default editor?

2016-10-07 Thread Charlie
ly is: I use vi. In my ~/.config/mc/mc.ext I have include/editor Open=%var{EDITOR:vi} %f and # Default target for anything not described above default/* Open=%var{EDITOR:vi} %f View=%var{EDITOR:vi} %f Maybe that will assist you. Be well, Charlie -- R

Re: mc using nano when vim.tiny is my default editor?

2016-10-07 Thread Tony Baldwin
On 10/07/2016 05:38 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:23:00PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon update-alternatives --config editor?, and, of course, mc is set to NOT use mcedit, its internal editor What does "echo $E

Re: mc using nano when vim.tiny is my default editor?

2016-10-07 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:23:00PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon > update-alternatives --config editor?, and, of course, mc is set to NOT use > mcedit, its internal editor What does "echo $EDITOR" say in your

mc using nano when vim.tiny is my default editor?

2016-10-07 Thread Tony Baldwin
Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon update-alternatives --config editor?, and, of course, mc is set to NOT use mcedit, its internal editor tony -- http://tonybaldwin.me all tony, all the time

Re: MC opens incorrect application from file extension....

2016-07-17 Thread Charles Schroeder
- Original Message - From: Charles Schroeder To: Debian User Sent: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:18:58 +1000 (EST) Subject: MC opens incorrect application from file extension Just having a problem with MC where I click on a file: file.odg MC attempts to open it with iceweasel asking what

MC opens incorrect application from file extension....

2016-07-17 Thread Charles Schroeder
Just having a problem with MC where I click on a file: file.odg MC attempts to open it with iceweasel asking what should this file be opened with in the future? I have attempted to write the correct instruction in ~/.config/mc But obviously not correctly as it still doesn't work? Tri

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Jonas Hedman
On 16-05-18 19:10:08, Ron Leach wrote: > I didn't recognise pmount, mentioned early in the thread, and tried man > pmount to check what it would do and how to use it, but nothing came up. > So, from an earlier post in the thread, I used dmesg | tail, and then mount > at a mount point under /mnt. I

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Ron Leach
First, may I, at the top of the post and before replying to Brian, acknowledge the plethora of information in all the thread replies. I really would like to express my thanks to so many users who took the time to help explain and suggest. On 18/05/2016 17:25, Brian wrote: On Wed 18 May 2016

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Brian
On Wed 18 May 2016 at 09:33:28 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 18 May 2016 05:30:34 Ron Leach wrote: > [...Snip...] > > I'd be interested in how other users organise this but, essentially, > > I'd be grateful for any advice on where to find the physical device to > > use in a mount co

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 18 May 2016 05:40:06 Felix Miata wrote: > Ron Leach composed on 2016-05-18 10:30 (UTC+0100): > > One aspect of Debian I've never managed to 'get', is how to 'see' > > any temporarily plugged-in USB storage device, from the command line >

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 18 May 2016 05:30:34 Ron Leach wrote: > List, good morning, > > One aspect of Debian I've never managed to 'get', is how to 'see' any > temporarily plugged-in USB storage device, from the command line or in > mc. The machines in question are

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Felix Miata
Ron Leach composed on 2016-05-18 12:14 (UTC+0100): Felix Miata wrote: Ron Leach composed on 2016-05-18 10:30 (UTC+0100): I'd be grateful for any advice on where to find the physical device to use in a mount command. # lsscsi ... [9:0:0:0] disk FLASH Drive SM_USB20 1100 /dev/sdg... #

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Martin McCormick
Some of what we are explaining has to do with how one sets up their /etc/fstab configuration but usb drives generate a predictable set of messages in /var/log/syslog. The particular details change based upon what has already been installed in one's file system, but if things are working rig

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
lsusb -v may help. On Wed, 18 May 2016, Ron Leach wrote: Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 05:30:34 From: Ron Leach To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc Resent-Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 09:31:05 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Brian
On Wed 18 May 2016 at 12:43:03 +0100, Brian wrote: > > You have to install lsscsi to use it. However, what is on every Debian > system is the utils-linux package and it has lsblk. util-linux.

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Brian
On Wed 18 May 2016 at 12:14:00 +0100, Ron Leach wrote: > On 18/05/2016 10:40, Felix Miata wrote: > >Ron Leach composed on 2016-05-18 10:30 (UTC+0100): > >>I'd be grateful for any advice on where to find the physical device to > >>use in a mount command. > > > ># lsscsi > >... > >[9:0:0:0] disk FLA

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 18 May 2016 12:14:00 Ron Leach wrote: > On 18/05/2016 10:40, Felix Miata wrote: > > Ron Leach composed on 2016-05-18 10:30 (UTC+0100): > >> I'd be grateful for any advice on where to find the physical device to > >> use in a mount command. > > > > # lsscsi > > ... > > [9:0:0:0] disk FL

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Ron Leach
On 18/05/2016 10:40, Felix Miata wrote: Ron Leach composed on 2016-05-18 10:30 (UTC+0100): I'd be grateful for any advice on where to find the physical device to use in a mount command. # lsscsi ... [9:0:0:0] disk FLASH Drive SM_USB20 1100 /dev/sdg... # blkid /dev/sdg # mount -t auto (or the

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Wednesday 18 May 2016 10:30:34 Ron Leach wrote: > I assume that I have to mount the USB storage, but where should I find > the reference for the physical device to mount? Best of all would be > to make this process 'automatic', if I could. IIRC, you can use udisks-glue on wheezy. On Jessie

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Jonas Hedman
On 16-05-18 10:30:34, Ron Leach wrote: > List, good morning, > > One aspect of Debian I've never managed to 'get', is how to 'see' any > temporarily plugged-in USB storage device, from the command line or in mc. > The machines in question are using Wheez

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 10:30:34AM +0100, Ron Leach wrote: > List, good morning, > > One aspect of Debian I've never managed to 'get', is how to 'see' > any temporarily plugged-in USB storage device [...] I do a 'dmesg | tail' shortly after having in

Re: Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Felix Miata
Ron Leach composed on 2016-05-18 10:30 (UTC+0100): One aspect of Debian I've never managed to 'get', is how to 'see' any temporarily plugged-in USB storage device, from the command line or in mc. The machines in question are using Wheezy. I often use a machine (w

Something never understood: see USB storage in CLI & mc

2016-05-18 Thread Ron Leach
List, good morning, One aspect of Debian I've never managed to 'get', is how to 'see' any temporarily plugged-in USB storage device, from the command line or in mc. The machines in question are using Wheezy. I often use a machine (with only cli) to download ove

Re: [Cleared up] Wheezy update wrecks MC graphics?

2012-01-06 Thread godo
No idea what it was all about, but this problem cleared up with the next update run. Go figure. :-) Glad to hear it, probably it was just wrong file encoding like Scott Ferguson said. -- Bye, Goran Dobosevic Hrvatski: www.dobosevic.com English: www.dobosevic.com/en/ Registered Linux User #

[Cleared up] Wheezy update wrecks MC graphics?

2012-01-06 Thread Jeff Gordon
On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 04:36:39PM -0500, Jeff Gordon wrote: > On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 02:43:05PM +0100, godo wrote: > > > > >Thanks, Goran. I don't know how to explain it -- my MC has been fine for > > >a long time, then suddenly this change. (?) > > >

Re: Wheezy update wrecks MC graphics?

2012-01-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/01/12 08:36, Jeff Gordon wrote: > On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 02:43:05PM +0100, godo wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Goran. I don't know how to explain it -- my MC has been fine for >>> a long time, then suddenly this change. (?) >>> >> In /usr/share/mc/s

Re: Wheezy update wrecks MC graphics?

2012-01-01 Thread Jeff Gordon
On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 02:43:05PM +0100, godo wrote: > > >Thanks, Goran. I don't know how to explain it -- my MC has been fine for > >a long time, then suddenly this change. (?) > > > In /usr/share/mc/skins/ are MC skins. > In attachment is default skin try to c

Re: Wheezy update wrecks MC graphics?

2012-01-01 Thread godo
Thanks, Goran. I don't know how to explain it -- my MC has been fine for a long time, then suddenly this change. (?) In /usr/share/mc/skins/ are MC skins. In attachment is default skin try to change it. Is it your skin same or you have some other weird symbols? -- Bye, Goran Dobo

Re: Wheezy update wrecks MC graphics?

2012-01-01 Thread Jeff Gordon
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 10:47:26AM +0100, godo wrote: > On 2011-12-30 23:01, Jeff Gordon wrote: > >Hi, Folks -- > > > >A recent wheezy update has caused Midnight Commander screens to have those > >garbled characters instead of drawn lines. I'm aware I can use

Re: Wheezy update wrecks MC graphics?

2011-12-31 Thread godo
On 2011-12-30 23:01, Jeff Gordon wrote: Hi, Folks -- A recent wheezy update has caused Midnight Commander screens to have those garbled characters instead of drawn lines. I'm aware I can use "mc -a" and "mcedit -a" as a workaround, but it would be nice to have

Wheezy update wrecks MC graphics?

2011-12-30 Thread Jeff Gordon
Hi, Folks -- A recent wheezy update has caused Midnight Commander screens to have those garbled characters instead of drawn lines. I'm aware I can use "mc -a" and "mcedit -a" as a workaround, but it would be nice to have the proper lines restored. Anybody know what

Re: fbterm + mc w. mouse

2011-12-27 Thread Brian
On Tue 27 Dec 2011 at 12:01:06 -0600, hvw59601 wrote: > Copying + pasting with gpm mouse works in fbterm, but when I use mc in > fbterm there is no mouse support. Anyone knows why? mc(1) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "

fbterm + mc w. mouse

2011-12-27 Thread hvw59601
Hi, Copying + pasting with gpm mouse works in fbterm, but when I use mc in fbterm there is no mouse support. Anyone knows why? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arc

Re: WPS support (was Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh)

2011-10-19 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:47:35 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:39:43AM +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:09:10 +0100, andy baxter wrote: >> > On 18/10/11 13:02, Camaleón wrote: >> This is something you should try (manually set/tweak the device), most >> of the

WPS support (was Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh)

2011-10-19 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:39:43AM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:09:10 +0100, andy baxter wrote: > > On 18/10/11 13:02, Camaleón wrote: > This is something you should try (manually set/tweak the device), most of > the times "defaults" are not always the best settings for us ("one

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-19 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:09:10 +0100, andy baxter wrote: > On 18/10/11 13:02, Camaleón wrote: >> What's your current device (brand and model)? If you already said, I >> for sure forgot it :-P >> >> > Netgear dgn1000. I just said 'cheap netgear router'. Yes, sorry... I forgot :-) >> For example, wh

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-18 Thread andy baxter
On 18/10/11 13:02, Camaleón wrote: What's your current device (brand and model)? If you already said, I for sure forgot it :-P Netgear dgn1000. I just said 'cheap netgear router'. Can you still access to the router using an ethernet cable? If yes, and before throwing away your current device

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-18 Thread Whit Hansell
it's not doing it. I have a temporary workaround for the problem when it does occur, which is to cd to /etc before I start mc. I'd like to work out what's happening with this problem just for my own curiosity if nothing else, but I'm also wondering if I would be better to spend a

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-18 Thread Camaleón
it's not doing it. I have a temporary >>> workaround for the problem when it does occur, which is to cd to /etc >>> before I start mc. I'd like to work out what's happening with this >>> problem just for my own curiosity if nothing else, but I'm also

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-18 Thread andy baxter
s to cd to /etc before I start mc. I'd like to work out what's happening with this problem just for my own curiosity if nothing else, but I'm also wondering if I would be better to spend a bit of money on a decent ADSL modem/router and see if that solves the problem. The one we have is a

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-15 Thread Brian
e issue. Stopping it running and working directly with wpa_supplicant through /et/network/interfaces is something to try. >> OTOH, are you sure the above steps are the only pattern that triggers the >> failure? I don't see the relation between using MC to get into "/etc&qu

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-15 Thread Camaleón
; is the router that freezes or drops the wifi somehow. >> >> 2/ When wifi drops, can you access the router using a wired cable? >> >> > > I've just been trying to reproduce the error to give you some more > information, and at the moment it's not doing it

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-15 Thread andy baxter
er using a wired cable? Hi camaleon, I've just been trying to reproduce the error to give you some more information, and at the moment it's not doing it. I have a temporary workaround for the problem when it does occur, which is to cd to /etc before I start mc. I'd like to work

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-14 Thread Camaleón
e information on the disconnection. >> >> > I've already tried this, but don't know enough about what's happening to > interpret it much. I've pasted below what comes up in the syslog when > the error occurs. Thanks for the logs... yes, the connection is comple

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-14 Thread andy baxter
On 14/10/11 01:34, Weaver wrote: http://au.billion.com/product/wireless/bipac7800n.php But other aspects could be at play here also. What sort of property is it? It's a stone terraced house, 2 floors. Older style with lead flashing? High degree of in-wall and obsolete (disconnected but stil

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-14 Thread andy baxter
what's happening to interpret it much. I've pasted below what comes up in the syslog when the error occurs. OTOH, are you sure the above steps are the only pattern that triggers the failure? I don't see the relation between using MC to get into "/etc" directory and los

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-14 Thread Camaleón
s you get on the Ubuntu one (and viceversa) so we can miss information. > I've been getting an odd network error when trying to work on a remote > computer over ssh. What happens is: > > - I log in to the remote machine using ssh. > - Then su to the root user. > - Then start

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-13 Thread Weaver
On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:49:29 +0100 andy baxter wrote: > On 13/10/11 20:20, Mike McGinn wrote: > > I have experienced wireless network disconnects when connected to > > remote machines. In my case this seemed to be a characteristic of > > the wireless network, which my wife and son hammer relentle

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-13 Thread andy baxter
On 13/10/11 20:20, Mike McGinn wrote: I have experienced wireless network disconnects when connected to remote machines. In my case this seemed to be a characteristic of the wireless network, which my wife and son hammer relentlessly. I now use a wired connection when connecting remotely. Try wi

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-13 Thread Brian
On Thu 13 Oct 2011 at 19:38:54 +0100, andy baxter wrote: > I've been getting an odd network error when trying to work on a remote > computer over ssh. What happens is: [Details of problem snipped] > I don't really have much idea where to go from here, as what is > happening is outside what I

Re: odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-13 Thread andy baxter
o the root user. - Then start midnight commander. (mc) - Then navigate to the /etc directory using the arrow keys. (By going back up the tree then down into /etc) - When I press the right arrow key to go into /etc, the terminal window shows no response, and shortly afterwards the wireless connecti

odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-13 Thread andy baxter
Hello, I've been getting an odd network error when trying to work on a remote computer over ssh. What happens is: - I log in to the remote machine using ssh. - Then su to the root user. - Then start midnight commander. (mc) - Then navigate to the /etc directory using the arrow keys. (By

odd network error - wireless drops when browsing with mc over ssh

2011-10-13 Thread Andrew Baxter
Hello, I've been getting an odd network error when trying to work on a remote computer over ssh. What happens is: - I log in to the remote machine using ssh. - Then su to the root user. - Then start midnight commander. (mc) - Then navigate to the /etc directory using the arrow keys. (By

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

2010-06-09 Thread Phil Requirements
On 2010-04-18 14:42:15 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >godo wrote: >>Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >>>Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >>>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>I just made the mistake of my life and upgraded mc from >>>>2:4.6.2~git20080311

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

2010-06-07 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 05. 04. 2010 22:26:20 je Ron Johnson napisal(a): Real Geeks do not use file managers. bash (or zsh if you're an Uber Real Geek) Is Sufficient. [OT] Why bother with bash or zsh? Just use assembler, poking values directly into CPU registers! ;P -- Regards, Klistvud Certifiable Lo

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

2010-04-18 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
godo wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I just made the mistake of my life and upgraded mc from 2:4.6.2~git20080311-4 to 3:4.7.0.1-1. And the new color scheme is enough to cause instant blindness :-( No kidding! How do I get back to what I had? Anybody? So what

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

2010-04-18 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I just made the mistake of my life and upgraded mc from 2:4.6.2~git20080311-4 to 3:4.7.0.1-1. And the new color scheme is enough to cause instant blindness :-( No kidding! How do I get back to what I had? Anybody? So what happened is

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

2010-04-17 Thread godo
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I just made the mistake of my life and upgraded mc from 2:4.6.2~git20080311-4 to 3:4.7.0.1-1. And the new color scheme is enough to cause instant blindness :-( No kidding! How do I get back to what I had? Anybody? So what happened is

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

2010-04-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I just made the mistake of my life and upgraded mc from 2:4.6.2~git20080311-4 to 3:4.7.0.1-1. And the new color scheme is enough to cause instant blindness :-( No kidding! How do I get back to what I had? Anybody? So what happened is that starting with 4.7.0 mc

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

2010-04-06 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Thomas Siedlich wrote: Hi Hugo! On 2010-04-06, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: OK. What about this. Can anybody explain the following: h...@debian:~$ which mc /usr/local/bin/mc h...@debian:~$ mc -V GNU Midnight Commander 4.7.0.1 [...] h...@debian:~$ /usr/local/bin/mc -V GNU

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

2010-04-06 Thread Thomas Siedlich
Hi Hugo! On 2010-04-06, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > OK. What about this. Can anybody explain the following: > > h...@debian:~$ which mc > /usr/local/bin/mc > h...@debian:~$ mc -V > GNU Midnight Commander 4.7.0.1 [...] > h...@debian:~$ /usr/local/

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

2010-04-06 Thread d . sastre . medina
On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 02:00:06PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > OK. What about this. Can anybody explain the following: > > h...@debian:~$ which mc > /usr/local/bin/mc > h...@debian:~$ mc -V > GNU Midnight Commander 4.7.0.1 > Virtual File System: tarfs, extfs, cpiof

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

2010-04-06 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I just made the mistake of my life and upgraded mc from 2:4.6.2~git20080311-4 to 3:4.7.0.1-1. And the new color scheme is enough to cause instant blindness :-( No kidding! How do I get back to what I had? Anybody? OK. What about this. Can anybody explain the

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

2010-04-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-06 03:33, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: Ron Johnson schreef: On 2010-04-05 22:22, Matthew Moore wrote: [snip] Linux (and Unix, for that matter) does not have the concept of the "job" Business-oriented operating systems (like OpenVMS, MVS/OS, OS/400 and other legacy systems) do, but any

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

2010-04-06 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
Ron Johnson schreef: On 2010-04-05 22:22, Matthew Moore wrote: On Monday April 5 2010 7:59:59 pm Ron Johnson wrote: On 2010-04-05 16:42, Thilo Six wrote: but still it's unix style to use the right tool for the right task. You're correct: bash is the right tool for the job. Heresy! zsh is *a

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

2010-04-05 Thread Brian Ryans
Quoting Matthew Moore on 2010-04-05 22:22:55: > Heresy! zsh is *always* the right tool for the job. As a corollary, if zsh is > not the right tool for the job, then it is not, in fact, a job. Welcome to my random-sigblock file, Matthew, even though it's over 69 charaters. -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2

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