mc doesn't work on console

2007-07-26 Thread Karel Kulhavy
If I try to start mc (midnight commander) on a text console I get a black screen with one horizontal blue strip 1 char thick 2 chars from the bottom of the screen. It doesn't seem to work and behaves unpredictably. For example if I type ls, instead of a list of files I get the whole screen blue.

Re: mc doesn't work on console

2007-07-26 Thread Martin Toft
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 10:19:10AM +0200, Karel Kulhavy wrote: If I try to start mc (midnight commander) on a text console I get a black screen with one horizontal blue strip 1 char thick 2 chars from the bottom of the screen. It doesn't seem to work and behaves unpredictably. For example if I

Re: mc doesn't work on console

2007-07-26 Thread Julian Leyh
On 10:33 Thu 26 Jul , Martin Toft wrote: With TERM=xterm-color I experience what you describe. With TERM=vt220 it works just fine (albeit in black and white). Martin With TERM=pcvt25 it works with color...