On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 03:40:57PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > Hello! > > I've compiled mutt-1.3.28i in the default configuration on RedHat Linux > 7.2 (i386) with all updates. If I run it in xterm (from XFree86-4.1.0) or > in rxvt-2.7.6, it shows a blank screen. I can quit by pressing Ctrl-C and > Enter. The same executable runs on the Linux console just fine. > > It turns out that the default configuration uses ncurses-5.2. I tried > configuring Mutt with slang-1.4.4. It works fine. > > My guess is that Mutt does something with page switching that the newer > versions of ncurses don't like. I believe it's a major bug that will be a > frequently asked question as soon as mutt-1.4 is released. > > I checked the lists to see if it's not already a frequently asked > question. There is a very similar description of the problem, except that > it's not specific about software versions: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mutt-users&m=101062129425997&w=2 >
I compiled 1.3.28 on RH 7.2 with ncurses-5.2.12 and XFree86-4.1.0-3 and mutt works fine in xterm, gnome-terminal and Konsole. My $TERM is set to xterm. My compile options are: Mutt 1.3.28i (2002-03-13) Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Michael R. Elkins and others. Mutt comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `mutt -vv'. Mutt is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `mutt -vv' for details. System: Linux 2.4.9-31 (i586) [using ncurses 5.2] Compile options: -DOMAIN -DEBUG -HOMESPOOL +USE_SETGID +USE_DOTLOCK +DL_STANDALONE +USE_FCNTL -USE_FLOCK -USE_POP -USE_IMAP -USE_GSS -USE_SSL -USE_SASL +HAVE_REGCOMP -USE_GNU_REGEX +HAVE_COLOR +HAVE_START_COLOR +HAVE_TYPEAHEAD +HAVE_BKGDSET +HAVE_CURS_SET +HAVE_META +HAVE_RESIZETERM +HAVE_PGP -BUFFY_SIZE -EXACT_ADDRESS -SUN_ATTACHMENT +ENABLE_NLS -LOCALES_HACK +HAVE_WC_FUNCS +HAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET ++HAVE_LANGINFO_YESEXPR +HAVE_ICONV -ICONV_NONTRANS +HAVE_GETSID -HAVE_GETADDRINFO ISPELL="/usr/bin/ispell" SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail" MAILPATH="/var/spool/mail" PKGDATADIR="/usr/share/mutt" SYSCONFDIR="/etc" EXECSHELL="/bin/sh" MIXMASTER="/home/ken/Mix" -- Ken Wahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kenwahl.org/ PGP/GPG Public Key at http://www.kenwahl.org/pubkey.gpg Meme Propagation Engine (MindSec) [NSA] version 7.34-12i Weaponized Linux Kernel 2.4.9-31 Uptime Is 8 days 17:39
