On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, Clint Harshaw wrote: > > > Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > > What would cause some users (me and root, in particular, but not others) > > > to be suddenly unable to read any man page that isn't already in > > > /var/cache/man/? Any other man page displays a blank screen with the > > > (END) prompt from less. Happens in GNOME and on the console. > > > > > > TIA. > > > > Matthew: > > Does the same behavior show up when you are using xterm? > > Clint > > Yes, it does. Also, root's problem is a red herring. The problem occurs > for root if I "su", but not if I "su -" or log in as root on a console. > So the problem is definitely just me, and it must be something I set but I > can't think what. I'll be trying replacing .bashrc and .bash_profile > later today to see if I can identify the setting that causes the problem. Matthew, There are several ways that man figures out what directories to look at for pages. Try doing a "man man" and then "/SEARCH" and "n" and you'll find the section on search order. As a quicky, I'd ensure that you have an /etc/man.conf file and that you haven't set the MANPATH variable in your ~/.bash* scripts. The "env" command will show you what your environment variables are. HTH, Ben
