[GLLUG] Console Craziness

[Chick Tower]

On 07/02/2012 10:53 PM, STeve Andre' wrote:
> On 07/02/12 22:37, Chick Tower wrote:
> I don't think I have ever seen this on OpenBSD, if I'm understanding you.
>
I thought perhaps it was something that someone had seen on any 
Unix-like OS, since my information search had led me to mentions of 
terminfo mismatches.

> When did this happen?
>
> Have you changed anything--installed new software, changed something?
>
I have no idea exactly when it happened.  Arch has new packages almost 
every day, but I don't use mc every day.

> Can you categorize programs that do, and do not work.
>
I could, but it's not necessary now.

> Lastly, is this under X, or X/gnome or X/kde?
>
At the console, before X even starts.

> --STeve Andre'
>
> ps: you've done a hard reboot?
>
Yes.  Always.  I never suspend my laptops.

I found the solution in the Arch forums.  It was one new line for 
/etc/rc.conf, to wit:  DAEMON_LOCALE=yes.  I just hadn't replaced my old 
configuration files with the new ones soon enough.


                                Chick