Alessandro Rubini [Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 10:41:02AM +0200]:
> > I have just read your email and i've run "strace mev"
> > It reports:
> > [...]
> > 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)
> > readlink("/proc/self/fd/0", "/dev/vc/1", 4095) = 9
> > write(2, "mev: Can\'t open mouse connection"..., 33
>
> Looks like you have a problem in your permission on console device, or
> it is a bug in the devfs code.
As found in BUGS, it is possible that it's a devfs bug. Currently I was
just working on the main gpm source and not on the clients.
But the strace above reports a permission problem, try to run mev as
root.
flapp:/mnt/win/windows/Desktop # ls -l /dev/vc/0
crw------- 1 root root 4, 0 Jan 1 1970 /dev/vc/0
Look, here it's also impossible for a normal user to access vc/0.
> Either way, someone else must help, as I don't run devfs and don't
> plan to run it in the foreseeable future.
You should give it a try, you'll never want to miss it.
Nico
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