On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:26:56 -0400 (EDT), David Guntner wrote: > > No, it won't output a message when you set it y or n. Not sure I > understand why vi is doing something that needs a messages channel > turned on. And it's kind of hard to guess without seeing actual output. :-) > > You said you had done some su commands before invoking vi, if I recall > correctly. Did you try doing the "mesg y" command at the initial login > point, before su'ing to the user where you're trying to run vi?
Yes, I tried that too. No difference. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/7449658.1947240.1372538833179.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
