[gpm] Failed gpm connect attempt by uid XXXX

[Bryan Christ]

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.
> > 
>