Bugzilla Bug 77265

On Compaq Presario R3000 (uses an Alps touchpad), running mc withing a gnome
xterm causes junk characters to be displayed in gnome xterm whenever mouse
button is pressed or the touchpad is tapped. The mouse button (or touchpad tap)
does not function (other than cause junk characters to be displayed). Also, mc
cannot be exited in a gnome xterm becaues the mouse is needed to select the
Exit menu function. The functions keys cannot be used in a gnome xterm to
select F10 to exit mc. Once mc is exited using a second gnome xterm to "killall
-9 mc", pressing a mouse button or tapping touchpad withing the original gnome
xterm still causes junk characters to be displayed.

mc works correctly within a text term outside of gnome and xorg.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. open gnome xterm within gnome
2. run "mc"
3. Try tapping on the touchpad or using its mouse buttons.

Actual Results:  
Junk displayed on xterm.

Expected Results:  
Correct mouse selection

 emerge info
Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3,
glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r12 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r12 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1
Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3
Headers:  sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r2
Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -O2"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER=""
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config
/usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config
/var/qmail/control"CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -O2"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="amd64 X acpi alsa berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups dvd dvdr esd f77 fam
foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gimpprint gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile imlib
ipv6 jack java jp2 jpeg ldap lzw lzw-tiff mozilla multilib ncurses nls opengl
oss pam perl png ppds python qt readline ssl tcltk tcpd tiff truetype
truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales xml xml2 xmms xpm xrandr xv zlib"

Just tested mc under the latest gnome and kernel emerge updates. Don't know
which has contributed to what I am about to report. mc now accepts the function
keys within a gnome xterm. So, I can now exit mc normally. Once mc is exited
normally, I no longer have junk characters appear in the gnome xterm if I press
the touchpad mouse button or tap the touchpad. However, I still cannot use the
touchpad mouse buttons or tap the touchpad within the gnome xterm while using
mc. This still produces junk characters.

Try this : Run mc, go to Options->Display Bits and check Full 8 bits input. 
It worked for me. 
 
Georges. 

Well, I'll be... That was it!! Finally!! Thank you so much. This has been such
a
pain for sooooo long! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Why isn't this set in
the
ebuild??

Regards,
Mike

now activated per default