Bug 121845

Summary: mc shows lib/liblow.c error message
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Bernd Bartmann <bernd.bartmann>
Component: gpmAssignee: Eido Inoue <havill>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Fixed In Version: 1.20.1-49 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Bernd Bartmann 2004-04-28 16:37:16 UTC
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Description of problem:
When starting mc from the text mode console I see some artefacts of an
error message between the dir panes and the bottom menu bar:

 err [lib/liblow.c(377)]:
[root@deanna home]#      Ok, no, it's an error! possibly I die! Hint:
You can

After that mc seems to work fine. The error message does not appear in
gnome-terminal.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start mc on a text mode console
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Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2004-04-29 19:11:06 UTC
That is libgpm's fault.  At least in this case it should fail
Gpm_Open silently and return -1 (plus free memory) instead of outputting
anything on the screen.