ncurses 1.9.9e-9

ncurses 1.9.9e-9

Post by Steve Pel » Tue, 04 Aug 1998 04:00:00



Hmph, I just tried installing the most recent update of the the ncurses
RPM from Redhat, and now lxdialog won't work any more when trying to do
a menuconfig (gives a core dump). Yes, I recompiled, but that doesn't
appear to be a problem anyway (version compiled with the the -9 version
works fine when the -8 libraries are installed). ncurses appears to work
OK in most other applications I've tried.

I'm running 2.1.99, though I doubt that matters.

I haven't yet checked to see what's different between the two.

 
 
 

ncurses 1.9.9e-9

Post by Paul Tombl » Wed, 05 Aug 1998 04:00:00



Quote:>Hmph, I just tried installing the most recent update of the the ncurses
>RPM from Redhat, and now lxdialog won't work any more when trying to do

ncurses 1.9.9e-9 seems to reintroduce a bug that was fixed by a previous
"update" to ncurses.  The work around is to do the following:

eval `resize`

This should work in csh, tcsh and bash.  I have no idea what ksh uses.

--

"An appointment is an engagement to see someone, while a morningstar is a
large lump of metal used for viciously crushing skulls.  It is important not
to confuse the two, isn't it, Mr. --?" - Terry Pratchett

 
 
 

ncurses 1.9.9e-9

Post by Steve Pel » Wed, 05 Aug 1998 04:00:00




>ncurses 1.9.9e-9 seems to reintroduce a bug that was fixed by a previous
>"update" to ncurses.  The work around is to do the following:

>eval `resize`

Thanks! I'll just add that to the makefile.
 
 
 

ncurses 1.9.9e-9

Post by Paul Tombl » Wed, 05 Aug 1998 04:00:00





>>ncurses 1.9.9e-9 seems to reintroduce a bug that was fixed by a previous
>>"update" to ncurses.  The work around is to do the following:

>>eval `resize`

>Thanks! I'll just add that to the makefile.

No, you have to do it every time you open an xterm or login.  I put it in my
.profile - if you use csh or tcsh put it in your .cshrc.

--

"An appointment is an engagement to see someone, while a morningstar is a
large lump of metal used for viciously crushing skulls.  It is important not
to confuse the two, isn't it, Mr. --?" - Terry Pratchett

 
 
 

ncurses 1.9.9e-9

Post by Steve Pel » Fri, 07 Aug 1998 04:00:00




>No, you have to do it every time you open an xterm or login.  I put it in my
>.profile - if you use csh or tcsh put it in your .cshrc.

That's the ONLY ncurses application I've had problems with. Of course,
I don't use xterm, I telnet in from my Mac, usually. In any event,
I just retreated to the previous version of the library, anyway.

Is it ncurses that tries to compile an entry out of the termcap file if
it can't find a terminfo entry? I remember trying to make a stripped-down
version, and found that it totally choked on the termcap file, due to
lots of "illegal" entries (it's also ridiculously slow, as it should
simply search for the single terminal name, not try to compile the whole
damned file).

 
 
 

ncurses 1.9.9e-9

Post by Paul Tombl » Fri, 07 Aug 1998 04:00:00





>>No, you have to do it every time you open an xterm or login.  I put it in my
>>.profile - if you use csh or tcsh put it in your .cshrc.

>That's the ONLY ncurses application I've had problems with. Of course,
>I don't use xterm, I telnet in from my Mac, usually. In any event,
>I just retreated to the previous version of the library, anyway.

I also have trouble with ncftp.

--

"An appointment is an engagement to see someone, while a morningstar is a
large lump of metal used for viciously crushing skulls.  It is important not
to confuse the two, isn't it, Mr. --?" - Terry Pratchett