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Answered the FAQ regarding the slow startup related to the Samba

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2008-01-06 Roland Illig <roland.illig@gmx.de>
* FAQ: Answered the slow startup related to old Samba code.
2007-10-19 Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov@gmx.net>
* NEWS: Update for 4.6.2.

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9.2 When I start Midnight Commander, nothing happens!
When MC is compiled with Samba support, have a look at the
"interfaces = ..." line in your smb.conf file. MC uses pretty old
Samba code that only expects IP addresses and host names there,
but not network interface names (like eth0). MC interprets these
names as host names and tries to resolve them using a DNS server.
To fix this, ask your system administrator to change the interface
names to their assigned IP addresses, or (untried) add the interface
names and their IP addresses to the /etc/hosts file.
First, invoke MC without subshell support: "mc -u". If this helps
check the shell you are using. Subshell support works best with
bash, although tcsh and zsh are also supported. You might want to