On Nov 27, 2007 8:24 PM, Jeff Quast <dingo@1984.ws> wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 08:02:46PM +0100, Bambero wrote:
> > 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?
>
> > 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.
>

Exactly, it was dns. Naow everything works perfectly.

Thanks