Very Computer

by **wseg..** » Sun, 05 Dec 1999 04:00:00

I have a simple problem:

Midnight Commander won't display HTML files. Instead, I get

"metamail: Can't open temporary file!"

followed by

"Empty output from child filter."

Lynx won't run, either. I'm running Mandrake 6.0 and have not tampered with
anything...yet.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Wade Segade

by **Hal Burgi** » Sun, 05 Dec 1999 04:00:00

>I have a simple problem:

>Midnight Commander won't display HTML files. Instead, I get

>"metamail: Can't open temporary file!"

>followed by

>"Empty output from child filter."

>Lynx won't run, either. I'm running Mandrake 6.0 and have not tampered with
>anything...yet.

>Any suggestions?

Sounds like a problem creating temporary files. What does /tmp look
like? Permissions should be

drwxrwxrwt 8 root root 2048 Dec 3 23:27 ./

Also, what does 'df' show?

--
Hal B

--
Linux helps those who help themselves

by **wseg..** » Mon, 06 Dec 1999 04:00:00

/tmp permissions are ok and df shows plenty of space; less than 500 Megs of a 2
Gig drive used.

Any other ideas?

>[see original post]
>Sounds like a problem creating temporary files. What does /tmp look
>like? Permissions should be

> drwxrwxrwt 8 root root 2048 Dec 3 23:27 ./

>Also, what does 'df' show?

>--
>Hal B

>--
> Linux helps those who help themselves

Wade Segade

Help: Small problem with Midnight Commander