From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GMBqw-0004CG-HH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 09 Sep 2006 23:03:10 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k89N1bHY031921; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 23:01:37 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k89MuEjO002955 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 22:56:14 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C2A064517 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 22:56:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 28153-01 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 22:56:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BE58645C6 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 22:56:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GMBk0-00031D-Qg for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:56:00 +0200 Received: from pool-70-104-64-107.pskn.east.verizon.net ([70.104.64.107]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:56:00 +0200 Received: from sw98234 by pool-70-104-64-107.pskn.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:56:00 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: "Peter" Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: mc-4.6.1 not showing graphical characters in terminal Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 22:55:52 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <200609091755.35304.mcbrides9@comcast.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-70-104-64-107.pskn.east.verizon.net X-Archive: encrypt User-Agent: pan 0.111 (Tweedy) Sender: news X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.431 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.006, BAYES_00=-2.599, FORGED_HOTMAIL_RCVD2=1.162] X-Spam-Score: -1.431 X-Spam-Level: X-Archives-Salt: d070bdac-46b8-46ad-af53-bd9f2c28e358 X-Archives-Hash: 7d67752709f81f7aa75eb06c6c220571 On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 17:55:35 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote: > On Saturday 09 September 2006 16:02, Peter wrote: >> After >> 1) upgrade to gcc 4.1.1 >> 2) upgrade to profile 2006.1 >> 3) revdep-rebuild recompile for libstdc++ and for new profile uses (which >> included mc) >> >> Now, issuing mc at a terminal prompt (not inside X) shows no border >> characters. Does this have something to do with unicode support? The only >> way I can get any useful terminal output is to use the -a output for stick >> characters. Inside an xterm or similar, mc shows graphical characters >> fine. I re-emerged mc with -unicode, but the results are the same. >> >> Clues? > > Yup... > > I had the same MC issue after upgrading to the 2006.1 levels. It's a very > basic language issue. I'm not sure if it's gcc, glibc or perhaps an xorg > module... > > Prior to this upgrade, I never gave language setting a second thought... but > once mc began acting up, I started digging around with google and this is > what I cobbled up. > > In "/etc/env.d/02locale " I have set: LC_ALL="en_US.ISO-8859-1" > In "/etc/rc.conf" I set "UNICODE=no" > In "/etc/conf.d/consolefont" I have set: CONSOLETRANSLATION=8859-1_to_UNI" > > That last line makes no since to me, but it seems to be required for MC. > > Last but least run env-update, source /etc/profile and check /etc/profile.env > has LC_ALL set to "en_US.ISO-8859-1". It may take a reboot, but once I had > made the change, midnight commander began drawing lines again. > > The only other problems I ever had with MC is, if I leave mc running for any > length of time, it begins to take more and more cpu resource... Top will show > like 80% useage. Once I kill off mc, everything is back to normal. Anyone > have a tip for that one? > > Jerry... > > P.S. I welcome all comments. > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146990 This is tough. I filed a bug. Obviously, with unicode a new can of worms has been opened. I have slang, ncurses, etc. I did not change the default console fonts but am afraid I will have to. ITMT, mc -a will have to do. Thanks for the feedback. Feel free to chime in on the bug. Jakub is in his worksforme mode. -- Peter +++++ Do not reply to this email, it is a spam trap and not monitored. I can be reached via this list, or via jabber: pete4abw at jabber.org ICQ: 73676357 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list