[gpm]C'ho un problema

Alessandro Rubini rubini@gnu.org
Mon, 3 Jun 2002 10:41:02 +0200


Hello.

Looks like nobody replied to this, yet.

> 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.

Either way, someone else must help, as I don't run devfs and don't
plan to run it in the foreseeable future.

/alessandro