Suddenly can't read man pages

[Matthew Saltzman]

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 Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
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