Felix Miata wrote: > Michal Bukovjan wrote: > > >>When logged into a console as normal user (michal, uid 501), running >>Midnight Commander barfs at me this message: > > > >>warning: [gpm.c(857)]: > > > >>Failed gpm connect attempt by uid 501 for vc /dev/vc/0 > > > >>last=/home/flepied/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c >> home/flepied/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c >> flepied/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c >> RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c >> BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c >> gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c >> src/liblow.c >> liblow.c >> info: [liblow.c(446)]: >> Warning: closing connection > > > >>The message is as copied from the screen, so maybe a little garbled. The >>MC screen then becomes scrolled up, and mc is therefore not usable. >>Indeed, I have no right to access /dev/vc/0 (root|root). > > > >>This is an upgrade to 9.0 from clean install of 8.2 (download edition). > > > >>Midnight Commander works OK when logged in a console as root or for any >>user under X terminal. > > > Same for me in the betas and RC's. Does it happen even if you don't use > a vga= parameter on your kernel line? IIRC, it only happens to me when I > have used vga=788. What is your video card? > > Here's what I wrote down one of the many times it happened to me: > > last=/home/flepied/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c > info: [liblow.c(446)]: warning: closing connection Hi!
I have vga=788. So I rebooted to linux-nonfb (no vga=788) and all hell broke loose! The X work, but the text console is unusable - cursor is way off the characters as I type. The screen appears to be divided by rows into halfs/thirds, although there is no rule to this. When I start mc, the screen is filled with random chars and portion of mc interface, if I refresh mc (Ctrl+R) the screen eventually fills up with solid green! clear command will not help, console switching restores about half the screen. Amidst the chars I spotted the (gpm) message as well, though, so it may not be related only to vga=788 mode only. I have Athlon 1GHz, MSI K7T Turbo (VIA KT133A chipset), ATI All in Wonder Radeon QD, 265MB RAM This nonfb bug is quite serious - I'll check tomorrow if it is better after cold boot! Needless to say, this worked OK in MDK8.2. Michal Bukovjan
