On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:20:10 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Since I only run "mcedit" without a file, the error message is grotesque > and btw.
Exactly - it is, and probably misleading as it implies that mcedit is trying to access something that doesn't even exist, even with a maximum of imagination. > $ ls -l /usr/home > total 2 > drwxr-xr-x 26 rocketmouse rocketmouse 1536 Jan 20 13:07 rocketmouse > $ ls -l /home > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 8 Dec 18 19:19 /home -> usr/home That is a valid symlink on a FreeBSD installation (and has been a default for a long time), so /home/rocketmouse will equal /usr/home/rocketmouse, _not_ user/home/rocketmouse as shown in the error message. > Thank you for the hints. I take the issues with a good portion of humor. I think this isn't funny anymore - an editor that stops working without explaining the reason in an understandable way... > This might explain why you're confused regarding to the /home path: > > $ cat /etc/fstab > # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# > /dev/ad4s1b none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/ad4s1a / ufs rw 1 1 > /dev/ad4s1e /tmp ufs rw 2 2 > /dev/ad4s1f /usr ufs rw 2 2 > /dev/ad4s1d /var ufs rw 2 2 > /dev/acd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 > #proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 No, looks perfectly valid. On my other system, for example, I have /home being /export/home with the proper symlink, and no problems at all. > $ mc > > does start midnight commander, but if I push "4 Edit" I get the same error > message. Okay, so the problem lies deeply within the editor. > I did "dump -0Launf [...]" everything and will continue later. Hopefully > with some fun, when starting with audio, instead of mcedit. In worst case, try portdowngrade (or use svn to obtain an older copy of the mc port where the editor hasn't been disimproved yet). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
