Midnight Commander - Where is the subshell?

[herbert langhans]

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 02:22:29AM +0000, Dave M. wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:37 PM, herbert langhans
> <herbert.raimund at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Hi Daemons,
> > I have just installed the brandnew mc 4.7 - now there is still an old little annoyance:
> >
> > Being root I can switch away the mc-commander and use the shell, CTRL+o does the trick.
> >
> > But as a normal user CTRL+o blanks the screen, no shell prompt appears and hitting a key just shows mc again.
> >
> > The subshell support must be working, all is fine if I am root.
> > What is wrong there, anyone knows the trick using the subshell as a normal user??
> >
> > Thanks!
> > herb langhans
> >
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> Hello,
> Check your directory permissions on ~home/.mc

I tried 777 on ~/.mc - still the same problem.

How about other listers Midnight Commander? Is it the same on your computers? Maybe I will write to the port maintainerabout it, for the case it is a common bug.

Cheers
herb langhans