On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 08:02:46PM +0100, Bambero wrote:
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> Hello
> 
> I have a strange problem with mc (MidnightCommander).
> After install OpenBSD 4.2 mc doesn't work properly.

fresh install or upgrade from say, 4.1?

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> When i type:
> 
> mc
> 
> I have to wait 5 min to see the Midnight Commander. After comannd it
> hangs and it's ready to work after 5 minutes.
> It doesnt matter I use bsd or bsd.mp kernel. It doesn't matter which
> terminal I use.
> I tried to instal mc using ports but it won't help.

You built mc from source? used a binary package? stale package from before
the upgrade?

This feels like a dns resolution issue, maybe a missing entry in /etc/hosts

if you just did an upgrade, maybe you blew away your hosts or resolv.conf ?

I don't use mc, but doesn't it do some sort of ftp or remote file
transfer, and may like to know its' hostname/address? Does it maybe
take long to ping $(hostname)?

you can use ktrace(1) to examine what mc is busy waiting for from
the system, if thats the case.