Hi Everyone,

I'm new to using GoldEd+ on Linux. Everything seems to work perfectly, except, I get a blank screen on startup. In diving into the source, it appears that the blank screen is supposed to be the logo/splash screen - but it seems to fail to put anything on the terminal.

I've tried both on the local console, or my prefered method of ssh from my Mac (macOS 11.6 terminal & ssh).

Below is entire golded.conf as I start Golded by running the cmd: "/home/fido/bin/gedlnx -C/home/fido/etc/golded.conf"

Linux Distro : Gentoo amd64 (up-to-date as of this writing)

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UserName Scott Street
UserName Sysop

Address 1:266/420.0
NodePath /home/fido/ftn/nodelist
Nodelist NODELIST.999
Origin "-={ The Digital Post }=-"
JamPath /home/fido/msgbase/
AreaScan *
PersonalMail Startup, AllNames
AreaKeepLast No

GoldColor /home/fido/etc/gecolor.conf
GoldKeys /home/fido/etc/goldkeys.cfg

LookUpNet Yes
LookUpEcho No
LookUpLocal No

UseTZUTC Yes
UsePid Yes
UseCharset Yes
TitleStatus Yes
RcvDisablesCFM No
QuoteCtrl No

AttribsFrq Pvt K/S
AttribsNet Loc Pvt
AttribsEcho Loc
AttricsLocal Loc

DispAreaNo No
DispRmFirst Yes
DispLocalHigh Yes
DispAutoNext No
DispPageBar Yes
DispTabSize 4

StatusLineHelp NoLogo
StatusLineClock No

Editor /usr/bin/vim @file
EditorFile /tmp/golded.tmp

ROBOTNAME AreaFix
ROBOTNAME AreaMgr
ROBOTNAME AreaLink
ROBOTNAME FileFix
ROBOTNAME Raid
ROBOTNAME GEcho
ROBOTNAME Allfix
ROBOTNAME FileScan

WhoTo All

QuoteString " SS> "

ReplyLink Direct
ReplyLinkList Full
ReplyLinkFloat Yes
ReplyLinkShowAlways Yes

MsgListFirst Yes
HighlightUnread Yes

CtrlInfoNet NO
CtrlInfoEcho TEARLINE, ORIGIN
CtrlInfoLocal NO

Logo No
EmptyTearLine YES

ScreenBlanker 0
ScreenSize Auto
ScreenShadows No

AreaStart NETMAIL

;#### Charset Translations
XLATCHARSET CP1125 UTF-8 /home/fido/etc/golded/1125_u8.chs
XLATCHARSET CP437 UTF-8 /home/fido/etc/golded/437_u8.chs
XLATCHARSET CP850 UTF-8 /home/fido/etc/golded/850_u8.chs
XLATCHARSET CP865 UTF-8 /home/fido/etc/golded/865_u8.chs
XLATCHARSET CP866 UTF-8 /home/fido/etc/golded/866_u8.chs
XLATCHARSET LATIN-1 UTF-8 /home/fido/etc/golded/iso1_u8.chs
XLATCHARSET KOI8-R UTF-8 /home/fido/etc/golded/koi8_u8.chs
XLATCHARSETALIAS UTF-8 UTF8

;#### AREAS BELOW ###

areadef NETMAIL "Fidonet Matrix Mail" 0 net Opus /home/fido/msgbase/netmail/

areadef SYSOP266 "Sysops of Net266" 0 echo Jam /home/fido/msgbase/nc/sysop266 areadef R13_ELECTION "Region 13 Elections" 0 echo Jam /home/fido/msgbase/nc/r13_election
areadef R13SYSOP "Sysops of Region 13" 0 echo Jam /home/fido/msgbase/nc/r13sysop

areadef FN_SYSOP "FidoNet Sysops" 0 echo Jam /home/fido/msgbase/nc/fn_sysop areadef FTSC_PUBLIC "Fido Technical Standards Commmitee" 0 echo Jam /home/fido/msgbase/nc/ftsc_public
areadef BINKD "Binkd Mailer Support" 0 echo Jam /home/fido/msgbase/nc/binkd areadef FIDOTEST "FidoNet Testing Echo" 0 echo Jam /home/fido/msgbase/nc/fidotest
areadef FIDONEWS "FidoNet News" 0 echo Jam /home/fido/msgbase/nc/fidonews areadef GOLDED "Golded Support" 0 echo Jam /home/fido/msgbase/nc/golded
=== Cut ===

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* Origin: -={ The Digital Post }=- (1:266/420)

22 Sep 2021 16:12, you wrote to All:

Below is entire golded.conf as I start Golded by running the cmd: "/home/fido/bin/gedlnx -C/home/fido/etc/golded.conf"

^^

Shouldn't there be a blank space after "-C" ?

Carlos
--- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20180707
* Origin: Costa Blanca, Spain (2:341/234)

23 Sep 2021 09:42, I wrote to you:

Shouldn't there be a blank space after "-C" ?

Oops, please ignore this (got confused with another editor)

Carlos
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* Origin: Costa Blanca, Spain (2:341/234)

Hello Scott!

22 Sep 21, Scott Street wrote to All:

I'm new to using GoldEd+ on Linux. Everything seems to work
perfectly, except, I get a blank screen on startup.

Backup your configs.

Copy gedlnx to an emtpy directory.
Try gedlnx -install=. (or -install without =.)
Enter the requested data.
You should get a minimum golded.cfg, start that minimum cfg with -C.

If that fixes the problem then there is something wrong in your config.
Then add your config step by step to the new config.
If that doesn't work i'm sorry. ;-)

Regards

Kai

--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.4.7
* Origin: Monobox (2:240/77)

El 22/9/21 a las 17:12, Scott Street escribió:

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to using GoldEd+ on Linux. Everything seems to work perfectly, except, I get a blank screen on startup. In diving into the source, it appears that the blank screen is supposed to be the logo/splash screen - but it seems to fail to put anything on the terminal.

I've tried both on the local console, or my prefered method of ssh from my Mac (macOS 11.6 terminal & ssh).

Below is entire golded.conf as I start Golded by running the cmd: "/home/fido/bin/gedlnx -C/home/fido/etc/golded.conf"

Linux Distro : Gentoo amd64 (up-to-date as of this writing)

i remember these issus too but i think taht was solved when I had
configure the xlats options:


// typical character translation
xlatpath /home/ragnarok/fido/charset

include xlats.cfg

xlatimport ibmpc
xlatcharset ibmpc latin-1 ibm_iso.chs
xlatcharset latin-1 ibmpc iso_ibm.chs
xlatcharset latin-1 latin-1 iso_iso.chs
xlatcharset ibmpc ibmpc ibm_ibm.chs
--- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux
* Origin: Dock Sud BBS - http://bbs.docksud.com.ar (4:902/26)