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From: Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mc-4.6.1 not showing graphical characters in terminal
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 01:39:08
Message-Id: 200609092131.51080.mcbrides9@comcast.net
1 On Saturday 09 September 2006 19:01, Peter wrote:
2 > On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 17:55:35 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote:
3 > > On Saturday 09 September 2006 16:02, Peter wrote:
4 > >> After
5 > >> 1) upgrade to gcc 4.1.1
6 > >> 2) upgrade to profile 2006.1
7 > >> 3) revdep-rebuild recompile for libstdc++ and for new profile uses
8 > >> (which included mc)
9 > >>
10 > >> Now, issuing mc at a terminal prompt (not inside X) shows no border
11 > >> characters. Does this have something to do with unicode support? The
12 > >> only way I can get any useful terminal output is to use the -a output
13 > >> for stick characters. Inside an xterm or similar, mc shows graphical
14 > >> characters fine. I re-emerged mc with -unicode, but the results are the
15 > >> same.
16 > >>
17 > >> Clues?
18 > >
19 > > Yup...
20 > >
21 > > I had the same MC issue after upgrading to the 2006.1 levels. It's a very
22 > > basic language issue. I'm not sure if it's gcc, glibc or perhaps an xorg
23 > > module...
24 > >
25 > > Prior to this upgrade, I never gave language setting a second thought...
26 > > but once mc began acting up, I started digging around with google and
27 > > this is what I cobbled up.
28 > >
29 > > In "/etc/env.d/02locale " I have set: LC_ALL="en_US.ISO-8859-1"
30 > > In "/etc/rc.conf" I set "UNICODE=no"
31 > > In "/etc/conf.d/consolefont" I have set:
32 > > CONSOLETRANSLATION=8859-1_to_UNI"
33 > >
34 > > That last line makes no since to me, but it seems to be required for MC.
35 > >
36 > > Last but least run env-update, source /etc/profile and check
37 > > /etc/profile.env has LC_ALL set to "en_US.ISO-8859-1". It may take a
38 > > reboot, but once I had made the change, midnight commander began drawing
39 > > lines again.
40 > >
41 > > The only other problems I ever had with MC is, if I leave mc running for
42 > > any length of time, it begins to take more and more cpu resource... Top
43 > > will show like 80% useage. Once I kill off mc, everything is back to
44 > > normal. Anyone have a tip for that one?
45 > >
46 > > Jerry...
47 > >
48 > > P.S. I welcome all comments.
49 >
50 > It required a reboot although I think I could have run console manually.
51 > Turning off UNICODE and enabling the cache translation setting as you
52 > suggested worked. This needs to be documented. Jerry, would you like to
53 > add your comments to the bug? I'd like to see you credited for your help.
54 >
55
56 Hi Peter,
57
58 I just had a look at the bug report and comment #5 from Jakub Moc is the
59 correct fix.
60
61 I'll chime in and post my thoughts anyway...
62
63
64 Jerry
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