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* You're starting it in a directory that has a ''lot'' of entries | * You're starting it in a directory that has a ''lot'' of entries | ||
: Or the other panel is. In some cases | : Or the other panel is. In some cases giving it directories that do not have a lot, e.g. {{inlinecode|mc . .}}, would help | ||
Revision as of 13:45, 9 March 2024
midnight commander is a text mode file browser, one of many interrelated clones you can trace back to norton commander.
Very slow start
Possibilities:
- You're starting it in a directory that has a lot of entries
- Or the other panel is. In some cases giving it directories that do not have a lot, e.g. mc . ., would help
- Your host lookup setup is flawed (and this isn't the only thing affected)
- It's trying to interact with X
- Diagnosis: doing a strace mc will show it hangs after mentioning MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1)}} until a timeout some seconds later
If you don't care about X, clearing DISPLAY would be a quick fix.
I added the following to my bashrc:
alias mc="DISPLAY= mc"