[lug] Debian man pages

[rm at fabula.de]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 02:36:42PM -0600, Jason Davis wrote:
> Hello,
>  When I view a man page in Debian , The man page is viewed then I'm
> dropped back out to my shell. I don't have to hit "q" to quit and i cant
> scroll around... anyone know why this happens.

What's the current setting for your pager? Do a 

 ls -la /etc/alternatives/pager

Does this point to /bin/less or /bin/more ?

 Ralf Mattes
> Thanks,
> jd
> 
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