I had a similar problem caused by having the line eval `resize` in my .bashrc . Apparantly it conflicted somehow whith the concurrent subshell process (whatever that is). Starting mc with the -u switch disables the concurrent subshell. I ended up just commenting out that line in my .bashrc. HTH your pal dave -- Dave Thayer Denver, Colorado USA dthayer@netcom.com david.thayer@state.co.us