Transparent background in Midnight Commander

Add these two lines to the end of your ~/.mc/ini file:

[Colors]
base_color=normal=,default:selected=,:marked=,default:markselect=,:menu=,:menuhot=,:menusel=,:menuhotsel=,:dnormal=,:dfocus=,:dhotnormal=,:dhotfocus=,:input=,:reverse=,:executable=,default:directory=,default:link=,default:device=,default:special=,:core=,:helpnormal=,:helplink=,:helpslink=,:


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BSNL connection in Arch Linux

# pacman -S rp-pppoe
# ppp0e-setup

You can then connect/disconnect using
/etc/rc.d/adsl {start|stop} as root.

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