> This is new info since last time. It confirms that you have problems > in /dev/gpmctl or in the authentication mechanism. Could you please > run "strace mev" and send the last lines of the output? Hi I have just read your email and i've run "strace mev" It reports: --------------------------------------------------------------- ("/usr/bin/mev", ["mev"], [/* 35 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="localhost", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x804da68 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40016000 open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=64972, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 64972, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40017000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\260\306"..., 1024) = 1024 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1285480, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 1301800, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40027000 mprotect(0x4015c000, 36136, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x4015c000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x134000) = 0x4015c000 old_mmap(0x40161000, 15656, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40161000 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40017000, 64972) = 0 ioctl(0, 0x5401, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x804da68 brk(0x804ea80) = 0x804ea80 brk(0x804f000) = 0x804f000 readlink("/proc/self/fd/0", "/dev/vc/1", 4095) = 9 open("/dev/vc/0", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) open("/dev/tty0", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) getpid() = 2587 ioctl(0, 0x5401, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0 ioctl(0, 0x5401, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0 readlink("/proc/self/fd/0", "/dev/vc/1", 4095) = 9 write(2, "mev: Can\'t open mouse connection"..., 33mev: Can't open mouse connection ) = 33 _exit(1) = ? --------------------------------------------------------------- Grazie Marcello