gpm is not actually installed. But thanks for the suggestion. I just
upgraded to 2.4.9, and the problem seems much better. The mouse has
only skipped twice in the last hour.
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Robinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 9:22 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Run Scripts as root
On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 07:41:40AM -0500, Greer, Darren (MED) wrote:
> Thanks for all the tips guys.
>
> Another fun question. When I run bbkeys, my mouse starts acting real
> strange. The pointer will randomly jump across the screen to a new
> location every so often. Then, for no apparent reason, the menus will
> pop up as if I pressed one of the buttons.
>
> Now, without bbkeys running, the mouse acts up less often, but doesn't
> necessarily ever open any windows.
>
> I have never seen this behavior before. Any thoughts?
>
> I am on 4.1 on Debian. Kernel 2.2.19
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xOr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:24 PM
> To: BlackBox
> Subject: Re: Run Scripts as root
>
>
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> On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Greer, Darren (MED) wrote:
>
> > Perhaps this question is more of an X issue that blackbox, but...
> >
> > I have a few apps that require root privileges. What would be the
> best
> > way through the "menu" to have those apps prompt for the root
password
> > prior to running?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Darren
> >
> > GE Medical Systems
> > ________________________________________
> > Darren R. Greer
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> > Web Solutions
> >
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> xterm -e su -c "run this"
>
> xOr
> - --
> I am damn unsatisfied to be killed in this way.
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You might investigate uninstalling gpm. It has been known to mess
with the mouse in X. At least make sure that the mouse line
in your XFree86Config file is pointing to /dev/gpmdata.
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