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kraylus
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 Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2002 8:18 pm Post subject: ok, im getting somewhere with GPM... i think its permissions |
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if i exit out of X as a root user, gpm continues to function. it only errors out when i exit out of X as a non-priv user. what files permissions need to be changed (or am i way off).
ryan
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billatq
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 12:52 am Post subject: |
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Did you set the suid bit on gpm?
As root, I think it would probably be:
in the directory where gpm is located (I don't use gpm) |
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kraylus
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 5:29 am Post subject: well shoot |
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it appeared to have worked. i did what you said and shut down X and gpm was still active! i let out a big sigh of relief and tried it again... no go. didn't work  kept saying something along the lines of:
| Code: | | == ERROR ==: /var/tmp/portage/gpm-1.20.0 |
and it would try to activate gpm a few more times and spit out that error saying that it failed to activate it or some such. blah! since it's pointing to the /var/tmp/portage dir (no clue why) im thinking ill unmerge gpm and install it manually from source.
whaddya think?
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Honestly, I'm not really sure. I'm not horribly familiar with gpm.. |
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kraylus
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well, turns out it was the mouse driver (i guess). i compiled usb support into my kernel last night, and plugged in my optical logitech wheel mouse and it works wonderfully. gpm and X coexist just fine.
wierd...
thanks for your help though 
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