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retxed 09-09-2009 01:09 AM

man pages not displayed
 
hey there!!!
when i input man <cmd>.....it's saying formatting pages....n then it is displaying blank page......plz help!!!!thanx in advance

Tinkster 09-09-2009 01:14 AM

What distro are you using, how did you install, what environment
(full screen console, KDE with konsole, fluxbox with rxvt, ...)
are you having that problem in?



Cheers,
Tink

retxed 09-09-2009 01:22 AM

hmmmm.....am using rhel4,gnome environment and i installed it on VMWare using ISO image

Tinkster 09-09-2009 01:27 AM

And the install was a "complete" installation? What happens
when you switch to a full-screen console (e.g., press Ctrl+Alt+F1)
and log in there? Do you get a man-page displayed, to you get
any errors at all?



Cheers,
Tink

retxed 09-12-2009 11:49 PM

it ain't displaying there too....yeah it was a complete insltallation

Tinkster 09-13-2009 01:01 AM

What happens when you try to pipe the man-page into less?

E.g.,
Code:

man man| less

Cheers,
Tink

retxed 09-18-2009 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster (Post 3680678)
What happens when you try to pipe the man-page into less?

E.g.,
Code:

man man| less

Cheers,
Tink




this ain't working too.......man cmd just shows blank page
but if i type info <cmd> then it displays..why so????


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