On 10/09/2010 05:07 AM, Steven P. Ulrick wrote: >> >> On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, Steven P. Ulrick wrote: >>>> On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, Hiisi wrote: >>>>> 2010/10/8 Silent-Hunter<cheery...@hotmail.com>: >>>>>> Unless I use sudo. It's weird, it only works if I use sudo. >>>>>> Otherwise, >>>>>> no mouse in MC. Is it a permissions thing? If so, how do I fix it? >>>>> I have no such problem: >>>>> mc-4.7.4-1.fc12.i686 >>>>> gpm-1.20.6-9.fc12.i686 >>>>> Have you installed mc and gpm by yum? >>>> Yes. I have installed both of them. The mouse works for copy/paste, but >>>> not for clicking on items to select them, which it does if I use sudo. >>> I have not had any luck getting console mouse support to work with Fedora > for >>> quite a few releases now. BUT, the muse struck me, and I gave it another >>> chance... >>> >>> I did the following: >>> 1. "yum install gpm" >>> 2. "/etc/init.d/gmp start" >>> 3. Pressed "Ctrl | Alt | F2" >>> 4. "su" into root. >>> 5. Started "mc" >>> 6. Result? For the first time in years, I have console mouse support in > Fedora >>> :) I can do everything with the mouse in "mc" in Console mode that I can do >>> with the mouse when I am in graphical mode. >>> >>> But, you might already have tried all of this... >>> >>> Steven P. Ulrick >>> >> I have. I want to be able to do it without having to be root. > > Thank you for that clarification. I just tried Midnight Commander in Console > mode. This time, I did NOT log in as root. I just logged in as myself, a > regular, non-priviledged user. I discovered that mouse support works the same > for me in Console mode whether I am root or not. Translation: at least on my > system, for some reason Console mouse support works perfectly in Midnight > Commander when I am logged in as a regular user.
What are the file permissions on /dev/input/mouse(n) and mice? Maybe there's a clue here. Regards, John -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines