thanks. On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 17:14 +0000, Nico Schottelius wrote: > Hello Bryan, > > please stay on the mailing list and yes, my guess would be running it > non root and not having the right permissions to the device files. > > Nico > > Bryan Christ [Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 10:57:15AM -0600]: > > Nico, > > > > Before I dive into some timely debug, I was hoping you could jump-start > > my investigation with a good guess... > > > > Is there any reason you could think of that certain applications (I > > tested with aaxine and htop) would trigger this error when running on my > > pty. To understand the pty context, here is a link to help you > > visualize. > > http://vwm.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html > > > > Bryan > > > > > > On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 15:01 +0000, Nico Schottelius wrote: > > > Well, it looks like another small problem in current gpm... > > > > > > The problem is that I screwed up current gpm in git and > > > I do not have much time currently. > > > > > > But as their seem to be more people around there using > > > gpm und its patches I am gonna publish a 1.20.1-bugfix release, > > > which only includes bugfixes. > > > > > > But the bugfix you describe is already included in > > > 1.20.1. > > > > > > Anyway. for those who still have open patches or want to see patches in gpm-1: > > > > > > I opened a new git-branch named 1.20.1-bugfix: > > > > > > http://unix.schottelius.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gpm;a=summary > > > > > > I will accept patches / diffs against this branch until > > > about summer of 2008 and then release a bugfix release. > > > > > > Patches should be: > > > > > > - short > > > - incremental if bigger > > > - apply against the current state of git in the bugfix branch > > > (recheck before posting) > > > - do not break compilation of git > > > - posted to this list > > > > > > I will try to update gpm in git about once every 1-2 weeks. > > > > > > Sincerly, > > > > > > Nico > > > > > > p.s.: > > > > > > > I would like to know what the "official" answer to this issue is from > > > > someone who actively works on gpm. > > > > > > the patch you referenced is already included in 1.20.1, must be > > > something else. > > > _______________________________________________ gpm mailing list gpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linux.it/listinfo/gpm