On Monday 02 February 2026 11:39:10 am Jesper Dybdal wrote: > I've always liked the Norton Commander style of a 2-pane file > manager, and I'm currently trying Gnome Commander under Trixie with > xfce. But I have two problems with it - either bugs, or possibly > something I've done wrong installing it. > > Are the following known bugs? I haven't found any mention of them by > googling. > > **********' Problem (a): > > When trying to enter a directory in which it does not > have read permission, it immediately crashes. Example: create a > directory with mode 111, and try to enter it with Gnome Commander. > > When it crashes, it leaves something like this in syslog: > 026-02-02T15:32:07.919765+01:00 andy kernel: gnome-commander[297175]: > segfault at 942296e8 ip 000055997ac78517 sp 00007ffcb15404b0 error 4 in > gnome-commander[81517,55997ac36000+a7000] likely on CPU 15 (core 35, > socket 0) > 2026-02-02T15:32:07.919774+01:00 andy kernel: Code: d3 48 83 ec 30 64 48 > 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 28 31 c0 e8 a9 26 02 00 48 85 ed 0f 84 > bf 00 00 00 48 8d 3d c9 77 06 00 <4c> 8b 6d 08 4c 8d 74 24 10 e8 5b eb > fb ff 4c 89 34 24 49 89 c4 48 > > **********' Problem (b): > > It shows the selected file in the not-selected pane as blank. > > I have an example in the form of 3 screen shots: > > https://www.dybdal.dk/gnomecmdbug/Screenshot1.png : > In Screenshot1.png, the file left2 in the left pane is selected. But > notice that the place where right4 could be expected in the right > pane, there is a blank line. > > https://www.dybdal.dk/gnomecmdbug/Screenshot2.png : > I then clicked on the right1 file (right pane), and now left2 (the > formerly selected file) became blank. > > https://www.dybdal.dk/gnomecmdbug/Screenshot3.png : > I then clicked on left5, and right1 became blank.
I've not heard of that one before, but have been happily using mc for a rather long time with no issues. -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin
