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Date:      Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:05:31 +0100
From:      Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net>
To:        herbert langhans <herbert.raimund@gmx.net>
Cc:        "Dave M." <davidf100@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Midnight Commander - Where is the subshell?
Message-ID:  <4B3B25EB.6050607@bah.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <20091230082147.GA55156@sandcat>
References:  <20091229233733.GA22526@sandcat>	<59847b700912291822l62093a4fqf154c8f22f42f527@mail.gmail.com> <20091230082147.GA55156@sandcat>

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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
>> <herbert.raimund@gmx.net> 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.



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