Bug 129962

Summary: liblow.c error - no mouse and incorrect keypad keys
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Robert Couture <rpa4email>
Component: gpmAssignee: Eido Inoue <havill>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Hardware: i686   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: 1.20.1-61 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2004-10-13 21:01:23 UTC Type: ---
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Description Robert Couture 2004-08-15 20:22:04 UTC
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.2)
Gecko/20040809

Description of problem:
Fire up mc in either Gnome or Console the following error is at the
bottom of the mc screen"

*** err [lib/liblow.c(268)]: strncmp/isdigit/consolename failed

The noticed results are (but may not be related) No mouse functions in
mc and keypad chars are incorrect.

This occured after a fresh install of FC3t1 and doing the first
available updates.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start mc in a Gnome or Konsole window.
2.
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Actual Results:  Get *** err [lib/liblow.c(268)]:
strncmp/isdigit/consolename failed error every time.

Expected Results:  No error.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jim Cornette 2004-08-15 22:41:43 UTC
Created attachment 102753 [details]
strace output from strace mc >selected file.txt

I did not notice this error previous to discussions on the test list. I see the
same arror which Robert describes.
This error showed in both a tty terminal and within a gnome-terminal.

Great catch Robert!

Comment 2 Eido Inoue 2004-10-27 15:43:23 UTC
*** Bug 137284 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***