From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 19 14:35:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 684B237B403 for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 14:35:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D5192B6E9; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 23:35:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 76B16118; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 07:35:28 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 07:35:28 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Cristina Ghirlanda Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: recovering vi editor sessions Message-ID: <20010820073528.B506@k7.mavetju.org> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , Cristina Ghirlanda , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3B83AA4E@dog.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B83AA4E@dog.com>; from cristina@dog.com on Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 10:25:26AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 10:25:26AM -0400, Cristina Ghirlanda wrote: > Once I exited vi incorrectly, from that on every time whenever I try to > start FreeBSD it stops at "Recovering vi editor sessions", sometimes it goes > on, sometimes it doesn't (or it takes terribly much time). I received the mail > for that and deleted, but then next time there is the same mail and it stops > for recovering the same. I would like to know how to stop it. Thanks. do as the emails tell you: go to the right directory and do "vi -r filename". Then, I don't recall correctly to be honest, write it to /deve/null if you don't want to keep it and quit vi. The reason why it takes so long is probably that the vi-recover-program is trying to use sendmail to inform you, but that you don't have an internet connection yet (is that possible?) so it waits for dns-time-outs. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message