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karneevor

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Registered: 2008-12-26

Posts: 1

Starting mc from a bash-script using dialog

Hi there.

I'm writing a script that uses "dialog" for a menu.

When I try to start midnight commander "mc" I get this error: Cannot get terminal settings: Invalid argument (22).

I can't run truecrupt either or any other of my scripts that needs input from me.

Does any have a clue? It's obvious a terminal setting issue. But I can't find any help on google. I've tried to "clear" the screen and "reset" before starting "mc". I've tried in "konsole" and in tty1 with the same result.

Thanks in advance.

/Karneevor

jimburnettva

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From: Virginia, USA

Registered: 2010-02-12

Posts: 48

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Re: Starting mc from a bash-script using dialog

Howdy, a few questions for you.

Do you have ncurses installed?

Do you have a /usr/share/terminfo directory?  or a ./termcap directory?

What emulation mode are you running? e.g. vt100, linux console etc....

Are you using a frame buffer driver?

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