> > 1. My cons.saver is owned by root: > > > > /usr/local/lib/mc/bin $ ls -l > > total 48 > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 40565 Jul 20 00:31 cons.saver* > > > > but I still get no option for shorter panels in Options/Layout. What may be wrong? > > It should be suid root. Use "chmod +s" to make cons.saver suid root.
Did that, but still have no new options in Layout, be it as root or as a user... > No. Support for X libraries is limited to reading keyboard modifiers > (Shift, Alt, Ctrl), and even that is disabled by default, because if mc is > linked against shared libX11, in won't work without libX11, which may be > an unreasonable requirement for some users. Please give me a pointer as to where in the source to look for enabling X linking. I may try to implement a primitive X clipboard copying myself, as I really need it a lot. Any suggestions are welcome. > In case you don't know (sorry if you do), you can read mc FAQ, question > 3.2. But that's not really an interaction between mc and X - the text is > tranferred between terminal and X clipboard, and mc is just ignored. This is lame, I want to be able to do this from keyboard... -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Get 4 DVDs for $.49 cents! plus shipping & processing. Click to join. http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/990-1736-3566-59 _______________________________________________ Mc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
