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RDM Settngs for use with Midnight Commander

RDM Settngs for use with Midnight Commander

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doobs

Greetings all,

First post.

My goto Linux terminal application is Midnight Commander. I've used it, or a variant (Norton Commander) for longer than I care to admit.

The issue is it doesn't behave nicely with RDM. Mouse support is wonky, keyboard support is wonky, yadda, yadda, yadda.

I'm running RDM in Pop!_OS Cosmic (on two separate machines actually) , and MC is run on Ubuntu server and RaspberryPi's if that makes any difference.

Is there a magic decoder ring of settings for using MC in RDM?

Thank you

chris

All Comments (3)

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Carl Marien

Hello,

Thanks for the detailed post!

I tried to reproduce the behavior on my end (RDM on mint + MC on Ubuntu), and everything seems to work normally here mouse and keyboard behave as expected.

To help narrow this down, could you confirm a few things:

  • Are you using any macros, key mappings, or custom shortcuts in RDM?
  • What terminal type is configured in your SSH session? (e.g., xterm, xterm-256color)
  • What’s the output of:
  • echo $TERM
  • on the remote machine?
  • Does the issue happen in all sessions, or only specific hosts (e.g., Raspberry Pi vs Ubuntu server)?
  • If you connect using a native terminal (like GNOME Terminal) instead of RDM, does Midnight Commander behave correctly?


This will help determine if it’s related to terminal emulation, input handling, or session configuration.

Thanks!

Carl Marien

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doobs
  1. Not to my knowledge.
  2. SSH base settings in RDM, thus the question.
  3. xterm-256color
  4. Don't understand the comment/question
  5. Yes
  6. Yes


For instance: When I scroll my mouse wheel I get this:


This definitely doesn't happen in my OS terminal, nor Tabby, nor Remmina, nor Open Remote -SSH in VSCosdium nor MobaXterm on my Windows machine. It does happen in RustConn, so you are not alone.

Appreciate the response.

chris

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Carl Marien

Hello Chris,

Thanks for the additional details!

I was able to reproduce the issue on my end specifically with the mouse scroll wheel behavior in Midnight Commander through RDM. At first, I wasn’t even sure if this would be considered a bug or just a limitation of how input is handled, but your example helped clarify things.

BTW, you can use the clear command in the terminal this lets you scroll back up afterward for a somewhat similar effect.

That said, I’ve gone ahead and created a bug report for this internally. I’ll keep you informed as soon as there are any updates or progress on it.

Thanks again for bringing this up!

Best regard

Carl Marien