On Thursday 03 Oct 2002 00:24, Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Wednesday 02 Oct 2002 22:45, Felix Miata wrote: > > Michal Bukovjan wrote: > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > > > Michal Bukovjan wrote: > > > >>When logged into a console as normal user (michal, uid 501), > > > >> running Midnight Commander barfs at me this message: > > > >> > > > >>warning: [gpm.c(857)]: > > > >> > > > >>Failed gpm connect attempt by uid 501 for vc /dev/vc/0 > > > >> > > > >>last=/home/flepied/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c > > > >> home/flepied/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c > > > >> flepied/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c > > > >> RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c > > > >> BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c > > > >> gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c > > > >> src/liblow.c > > > >> liblow.c > > > >> info: [liblow.c(446)]: > > > >> Warning: closing connection > > [snip] > > > > >>Midnight Commander works OK when logged in a console as root or > > > >> for any user under X terminal. > > [snip] > > Not just Mandrake. I've just reported this bug with Gentoo. The > culprit looks like liblow.c of gpm-1.20.0. I'm using framebuffer > vga=791 and have a PS/2 optical mouse. > I just did... # chgrp users /dev/misc/psaux ...then rebooted and mc works OK as a user on the text console. However, the mouse has no effect, so although mc doesn't segfault it isn't very useful.
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