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by **Michael Laros** » Wed, 10 Apr 1996 04:00:00

I recently went from Slackware 2.2.0 to 3. The mc program does not use
colour like it did under 2.x I did not try to upgrade from 2.2.0 to 3.0
I fdisked and started from scratch. I have learned from pkgtool that mc
needs ncurses and terminfo database in order to use colour. I have both
of these installed.

I have managed to solve many a problem with Linux by RTFM, however
methinks I am up against a wall with this one. I humbly ask for help
with this minor, yet annoying problem. Any help real or imagined would
be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Mike

by **Stephen P. Moln** » Thu, 11 Apr 1996 04:00:00

>I recently went from Slackware 2.2.0 to 3. The mc program does not use
>colour like it did under 2.x I did not try to upgrade from 2.2.0 to 3.0
>I fdisked and started from scratch. I have learned from pkgtool that mc
>needs ncurses and terminfo database in order to use colour. I have both
>of these installed.

> I have managed to solve many a problem with Linux by RTFM, however
>methinks I am up against a wall with this one. I humbly ask for help
>with this minor, yet annoying problem. Any help real or imagined would
>be greatly appreciated.

> Thanks
> Mike

Had the same problem. I was told that the mc in Slackware 3.0 was
broken. Downloaded and compiled and the problem was solved.

by **Miguel de Ica** » Fri, 12 Apr 1996 04:00:00

Quote:> I recently went from Slackware 2.2.0 to 3. The mc program does not use
> colour like it did under 2.x I did not try to upgrade from 2.2.0 to 3.0
> I fdisked and started from scratch. I have learned from pkgtool that mc
> needs ncurses and terminfo database in order to use colour. I have both
> of these installed.

This I think is related to some termcap/terminfo problems as
distributed by Slackware 3.0. Please, grab the latest version of the
Midnight Commander from ftp://ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx/linux/local, besides
fixing that problem, it has tons of new features (check the web page,
it's on my .signature).

Miguel
--

The GNU Midnight Commander: http://stekt.oulu.fi/~jtklehto/mc
Linux/SPARC project: http://www.geog.ubc.ca/sparclinux.html

by **Dave Beem** » Sat, 13 Apr 1996 04:00:00

This is a fantastic utility, but I couldn't find a sample .mc.ini file in
the distribution. Could someone post one that sets some nice colors for
D Midnight Commander?

by **Simone** » Wed, 17 Apr 1996 04:00:00

begin 644 terminfo.tgz

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end

by **Simone** » Wed, 17 Apr 1996 04:00:00

Quote:>This I think is related to some termcap/terminfo problems as
>distributed by Slackware 3.0. Please, grab the latest version of the
>Midnight Commander from ftp://ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx/linux/local, besides
>fixing that problem, it has tons of new features (check the web page,
>it's on my .signature).

I car run MC in color mode, with linux slakware 3.0

Decompress this archivie, in /usr/lib/tercamp dir
with tar zxvf terminfo.tgz

by **Cliff Prat** » Fri, 19 Apr 1996 04:00:00

>I recently went from Slackware 2.2.0 to 3. The mc program does not use
>colour like it did under 2.x I did not try to upgrade from 2.2.0 to 3.0
>I fdisked and started from scratch. I have learned from pkgtool that mc
>needs ncurses and terminfo database in order to use colour. I have both
>of these installed.

> I have managed to solve many a problem with Linux by RTFM, however
>methinks I am up against a wall with this one. I humbly ask for help
>with this minor, yet annoying problem. Any help real or imagined would
>be greatly appreciated.

I also had this problem and solved it by getting the latest source and
compiling >with slang< slang appears to be a replacement console handler
for linux.

Hope this helps...

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Midnight Commander and colour

Midnight Commander and colour

Midnight Commander and colour

Midnight Commander and colour

Midnight Commander and colour

Midnight Commander and colour

Midnight Commander and colour

Midnight Commander and colour