Midnight Commander on FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE

[artvolk]

Good day!

I've just installed FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE on the dev server. I've got the following problem with Midnight Commander: no pseudo-graphical lines shown. I mean that there are no pseudo-graphics lines at all, not they are replaced to other symbols like when wrong locale settings are installed).

I've tried the following:

- I've tried to install it from package and compile from ports -- the same story.

- Install 'clean' version of FreeBSD 7.1 to virtual machine

It seems that this is a mc problem, because sysinstall and mc-light display lines correctly on the same machines.

Any help is appriciated,
thanks!

[SaveTheRbtz]

a) try to compile without x11
b) run it as
mc -a

[artvolk]

I've tried to compile with and without X11 in the 'clean' virtual machine (no any other software except mc) -- no luck.

mc -a -- works, but with 'poor man drawing'...

[SaveTheRbtz]

On my box it looks like this:
cd /usr/ports/misc/mc
make config


┌───────────────� �────────────────� ��──────────────── ────────────────� �──┐
│ Options for mc 4.6.1_8 │
│ ┌───────────────� �────────────────� ��──────────────── ───────────────┐ │
│ │ [X] UTF8 Build with UTF8 support │ │
│ │ [X] SLANG Build with SLang library │ │
│ │ [X] ICONV Build with iconv recoding │ │
│ │ [X] NLS Build with NLS support │ │
│ │ [X] EDIT Build with internal editor │ │
│ │ [ ] X11 Build with X11 library │ │
│ │ [X] SUBSHELL Build with subshell support │ │
│ │ [X] SAMBA Build with Samba support │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
├─└─────────────� �────────────────� ��──────────────── ────────────────� �┘─┤
│ [ OK ] Cancel │
└───────────────� �────────────────� ��──────────────── ────────────────� �──┘

[artvolk]

Uhh, it seems very strange:

1. Installed 7.1-RELEASE to the virtual machine from scratch,
2. Installed ports using sysinstall from CD
3.
cd /usr/ports/misc/mc
make install

4. Got the following installed:


$ pkg_info
gamin-0.1.9_2 A file and directory monitoring system
gettext-0.17_1 GNU gettext package
gio-fam-backend-2.16.5 FAM backend for GLib's GIO library
glib-2.16.5 Some useful routines of C programming (current stable versi
gmake-3.81_3 GNU version of 'make' utility
libiconv-1.11_1 A character set conversion library
libslang2-2.1.3 Routines for rapid alpha-numeric terminal applications deve
libtool-1.5.26 Generic shared library support script
mc-4.6.1_8 Midnight Commander, a free Norton Commander Clone
pcre-7.7_1 Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library
perl-5.8.8_1 Practical Extraction and Report Language
pkg-config-0.23_1 A utility to retrieve information about installed libraries
png-1.2.32 Library for manipulating PNG images
python25-2.5.2_3 An interpreted object-oriented programming language


4. The mc output is strange:


Left File Command Options Right
< / v> < / v>
Name Size MTime Name Size MTime
/.snap 512 Jan 8 22:50 /.snap 512 Jan 8 22:50
/bin 1024 Jan 8 22:50 /bin 1024 Jan 8 22:50
/boot 512 Jan 8 22:51 /boot 512 Jan 8 22:51
/cdrom 512 Jan 8 22:50 /cdrom 512 Jan 8 22:50
/cdrom1 512 Jan 8 22:50 /cdrom1 512 Jan 8 22:50
~compat 10 Jan 8 22:51 ~compat 10 Jan 8 22:51
/dev 512 Jan 8 22:55 /dev 512 Jan 8 22:55
/dist 512 Jan 8 22:50 /dist 512 Jan 8 22:50
/etc 2048 Jan 8 23:52 /etc 2048 Jan 8 23:52
~home 8 Jan 8 23:52 ~home 8 Jan 8 23:52
/lib 1536 Jan 8 22:50 /lib 1536 Jan 8 22:50
/libexec 512 Jan 8 22:50 /libexec 512 Jan 8 22:50
/media 512 Jan 1 11:48 /media 512 Jan 1 11:48
/mnt 512 Jan 1 11:48 /mnt 512 Jan 1 11:48
/proc 512 Jan 1 11:48 /proc 512 Jan 1 11:48

/.snap /.snap

Hint: Want to see your *~ backup files? Set it in the Configuration dialog.
$
1Help 2Menu 3View 4Edit 5Copy 6RenMov 7Mkdir 8Delete 9PullDn 10Quit




Sysinstall:


┌─────────── FreeBSD/i386 7.1-RELEASE - sysinstall Main Menu ───────────┐
│ Welcome to the FreeBSD installation and configuration tool. Please │
│ select one of the options below by using the arrow keys or typing the │
│ first character of the option name you're interested in. Invoke an │
│ option with [SPACE] or [ENTER]. To exit, use [TAB] to move to Exit. │
│ ┌───────────────� �────────────────� ��──────────────── ────────────────� �─┐ │
│ │ Usage Quick start - How to use this menu system │ │
│ │ Standard Begin a standard installation (recommended) │ │
│ │ Express Begin a quick installation (for experts) │ │
│ │ Custom Begin a custom installation (for experts) │ │
│ │ Configure Do post-install configuration of FreeBSD │ │
│ │ Doc Installation instructions, README, etc. │ │
│ │ Keymap Select keyboard type │ │
│ │ Options View/Set various installation options │ │
│ │ Fixit Repair mode with CDROM/DVD/floppy or start shell │ │
│ │ Upgrade Upgrade an existing system │ │
│ │ Load Config Load default install configuration │ │
│ │ Index Glossary of functions │ │
│ └───────────────� �────────────────� ��──────────────── ────────────────� �─┘ │
├───────────────� �────────────────� ��──────────────── ────────────────� �─────┤
│ [ Select ] X Exit Install │
└───────────────� �────────────────� ��──────────────── ────────────────� �─────┘




The lines are shown:



┌───────────────� �────────────────� ��──────────────── ────────────────� �──┐
│ Options for mc 4.6.1_8 │
│ ┌───────────────� �────────────────� ��──────────────── ───────────────┐ │
│ │ [X] UTF8 Build with UTF8 support │ │
│ │ [X] SLANG Build with SLang library │ │
│ │ [X] ICONV Build with iconv recoding │ │
│ │ [X] NLS Build with NLS support │ │
│ │ [X] EDIT Build with internal editor │ │
│ │ [ ] X11 Build with X11 library │ │
│ │ [X] SUBSHELL Build with subshell support │ │
│ │ [X] SAMBA Build with Samba support │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
├─└─────────────� �────────────────� ��──────────────── ────────────────� �┘─┤
│ [ OK ] Cancel │
└───────────────� �────────────────� ��──────────────── ────────────────� �──┘



I'm feeling like I'm missing something...

[artvolk]

mc -a works as expected

Left File Command Options Right |
+<-/---------------------------------v>++<-/---------------------------------v>+
| Name | Size | MTime || Name | Size | MTime |
|/lib | 1536|Jan 8 22:50||/.snap | 512|Jan 8 22:50|
|/libexec | 512|Jan 8 22:50||/bin | 1024|Jan 8 22:50|
|/media | 512|Jan 1 11:48||/boot | 512|Jan 8 22:51|
|/mnt | 512|Jan 1 11:48||/cdrom | 512|Jan 8 22:50|
|/proc | 512|Jan 1 11:48||/cdrom1 | 512|Jan 8 22:50|
|/rescue | 2560|Jan 8 22:50||~compat | 10|Jan 8 22:51|
|/root | 512|Jan 8 23:48||/dev | 512|Jan 8 22:55|
|/sbin | 2560|Jan 8 22:50||/dist | 512|Jan 8 22:50|
|/tmp | 512|Jan 8 23:54||/etc | 2048|Jan 8 23:52|
|/usr | 512|Jan 8 23:52||~home | 8|Jan 8 23:52|
|/var | 512|Jan 8 22:59||/lib | 1536|Jan 8 22:50|
| .cshrc | 793|Jan 1 11:53||/libexec | 512|Jan 8 22:50|
| .profile | 260|Jan 1 11:53||/media | 512|Jan 1 11:48|
| COPYRIGHT | 6192|Jan 1 11:53||/mnt | 512|Jan 1 11:48|
| entropy | 4096|Jan 8 22:59||/proc | 512|Jan 1 11:48|
+--------------------------------------++--------------------------------------+
|/usr ||/.snap |
+--------------------------------------++--------------------------------------+
Hint: % macros work even on the command line.
#
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[Rom]

Good day!
2 artvolk:
You can install mc from ports with option "make WITHOUT_UTF8=true install"
or edit /var/db/ports/mc/options.
Change WITH_UTF8=true on WITHOUT_UTF8=true

Sorry for my english...

[lumiwa]

with UTF8 is problem on FreeBSD. Is it possible to save the "problem"?

[artvolk]

Yes, it works, thank you a lot! I was aware that text consoles in FreeBSD do not have UTF-8 support, but I simply do not pay an attention to UTF8 option while configuring port.

Thank you a lot!