MC 4.6.0 hangs the whole system!

[Pavel Roskin]

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Vladimir wrote:

> Hi there, it seems that there is a serious bug in the MC code. The message is:
> 1. In KDe console, start MC in terminal mode
> 2. Several times open and close several different text files in mcedit. Maybe
> it should be done in superuser mode (after "su" command from the user), i
> can't understand. I mean, firstly run su, enter password, then start mc and
> do those things.
> 3. The very time I exit the mcedit after 3-6(10 ??) files have been opened, it
> hangs completely the whole system. Cursor is not moving, nothing is
> happening. I have to press "Reset"

I have never seen anything like that, but I suggest that you try
Ctrl-Alt-F1 at this point.  If you cannot switch to the text console, the
problem is in the hardware (most likely video acceleration).

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin