On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 06:47:23PM -0500, Don Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Upon entering aptitude, before any actions are taken, the following is > seen in the syslog: > May 4 17:25:37 turbo aptitude: *** info > May 4 17:25:37 turbo aptitude: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory > May 4 17:25:37 turbo aptitude: *** info > May 4 17:25:37 turbo aptitude: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory > May 4 17:25:37 turbo aptitude: *** err > May 4 17:25:37 turbo aptitude: Oh, oh, it's an error! possibly I die! > > All functions appear to operate normally, so I don't know what it's > complaining about. Same thing happens if aptitude is invoked either > by user or root. This is in normal console; haven't tried it from an > xterm.
The error message is produced by libgpmg1, probably because curses is asking it to probe for a mouse device. In fact, there are already several bug reports asking libgpm not to do this. I'll put this in the bag. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
