I'm not sure where is the problem, but just in case, I've been collecting information.
Resume: There is a problem with MC and Mandrake 9.0. Even the 4.5.55 MC included with the distribution shows error messages in Linux console which seem related with the gpm libraries. It's not just MC but links shows it too. We had problems when compiling a new snapshot of MC but they seem to be gone. The only clue I have is that everything was fine for Mandrake 8.1 which included gpm 1.18.0. In the new manual page it says: "The server can be configured to match the user's taste, and any application using the mouse will inherit the server's attitude. From release 1.02 up to 1.19.2 is was possible for any user logged on the system console to change the mouse feeling using the -q option. This is no longer possible for security reasons." BTW, there's no problem when running as root. David . . . . . . . . . . _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
LANGUAGE=C mc -V > log ---------------------- GNU Midnight Commander 2002-12-28-15 Virtual File System: tarfs, extfs, cpiofs, ftpfs, fish, mcfs, smbfs, undelfs With builtin Editor Using system-installed S-Lang library with terminfo database 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 uname -a >> log --------------- Linux platypus.risco 2.4.20 #1 dom dic 8 00:22:44 CET 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux cat /etc/mandrake-release >> log -------------------------------- Mandrake Linux release 9.0 (dolphin) for i586 cat /etc/sysconfig/mouse >> log ------------------------------- MOUSETYPE=imps2 XMOUSETYPE=IMPS/2 FULLNAME="PS/2|Generic PS2 Wheel Mouse" XEMU3=no WHEEL=yes device=psaux ldd /usr/bin/mc >> log ---------------------- libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x40023000) libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x40095000) libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x4009e000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x400b5000) libgpm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgpm.so.1 (0x40180000) libslang.so.1 => /usr/lib/libslang.so.1 (0x40186000) libext2fs.so.2 => /lib/libext2fs.so.2 (0x401e8000) libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (0x401fd000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x4031e000) libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x40321000) libm.so.6 => /lib/i686/libm.so.6 (0x40366000) libcom_err.so.2 => /lib/libcom_err.so.2 (0x40389000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000) rpm -qa | grep gpm >> log ------------------------- libgpm1-1.20.0-6mdk libgpm1-devel-1.20.0-6mdk gpm-1.20.0-6mdk mc 2>> log ---------- info: [liblow.c(446)]: Warning: closing connection tail /var/log/syslog >> log --------------------------- Jan 12 12:54:16 platypus gpm[754]: info: [gpm.c(786)]: Jan 12 12:54:16 platypus gpm[754]: Connecting at fd 6 Jan 12 12:54:16 platypus gpm[754]: warning: [gpm.c(857)]: Jan 12 12:54:16 platypus gpm[754]: Failed gpm connect attempt by uid 902 for vc /dev/tty0 mc (common user, not root) -------------------------- (Both Panels)... [dmartin@platypus last]$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 ls -la /dev/gpm* ---------------- srwx------ 1 root root 0 ene 12 14:43 /dev/gpmctl=