When connect to ssh server foldernames have strange characters

[RemonK]

When i connected to a ssh server via F9 -> Shellconnection the remote file/foldernames have all the same strange characters and i can't enter any of them. Example:

 ?%s
 ?%s
 ?%s
 ?%s
 ?%s
 ?%s
 ?%s
 ?%s" -> "%s
 ?%s" -> "%s
 ?%s" -> "%s
 ?%s" -> "%s

$ mc -V
GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.24
Built with GLib 2.63.3
Using the S-Lang library with terminfo database
With builtin Editor and Aspell support
With subshell support as default
With support for background operations
With mouse support on xterm and Linux console
With support for X11 events
With internationalization support
With multiple codepages support
Virtual File Systems: cpiofs, tarfs, sfs, extfs, ext2undelfs, ftpfs, sftpfs, fish
Data types: char: 8; int: 32; long: 64; void *: 64; size_t: 64; off_t: 64;

$ mc -F
Home directory: /home/admin
Profile root directory: /home/admin

[System data]
    Config directory: /etc/mc/
    Data directory:   /usr/share/mc/
    File extension handlers: /usr/lib/mc/ext.d/
    VFS plugins and scripts: /usr/lib/mc/
	extfs.d:        /usr/lib/mc/extfs.d/
	fish:           /usr/lib/mc/fish/

[User data]
    Config directory: /home/admin/.config/mc/
    Data directory:   /home/admin/.local/share/mc/
	skins:          /home/admin/.local/share/mc/skins/
	extfs.d:        /home/admin/.local/share/mc/extfs.d/
	fish:           /home/admin/.local/share/mc/fish/
	mcedit macros:  /home/admin/.local/share/mc/mc.macros
	mcedit external macros: /home/admin/.local/share/mc/mcedit/macros.d/macro.*
    Cache directory:  /home/admin/.cache/mc/

$ mc --configuration-options
'--build=x86_64-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--includedir=${prefix}/include' '--mandir=${prefix}/share/man' '--infodir=${prefix}/share/info' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--localstatedir=/var' '--libdir=${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' '--runstatedir=/run' '--disable-maintainer-mode' '--disable-dependency-tracking' 'AWK=awk' 'X11_WWW=x-www-browser' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--with-x' '--with-screen=slang' '--disable-rpath' '--disable-static' '--disable-silent-rules' '--enable-aspell' '--enable-vfs-sftp' '--enable-vfs-undelfs' '--enable-tests' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/mc-R65bwp/mc-4.8.24=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=-Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2'

[RemonK]

I reverted back to version 4.8.19 and problem is solved!

[andrew_b]

Probably bad commit is [ec80df187c56bb7d5d442bd5b263fdd6b8425f19].

What is host you connect to? What are OS and shell there?

Do you have any scripts (especially ls) in /home/admin/.local/share/mc/fish/?