Strange Mouse and Desktop Behaviour with X

Hi all, some time ago I've encountered a strange thing: After login into X (doesn't matter if e.g. Gnome or Fluxbox is used) and start of some applications (e.g. Thunderbird, Firefox and Rhythmbox) the system can't handle the focus of the windows correctly anymore. For example the current

Re: Problems with sudo PATH

Tom, thanks very much for your answer. Ok, Roger already gave me the hint with the secure_path option. However thanks for the advice with displaying sudo's PATH environment. Steve. On 29.12.2011 20:41, Tom H wrote: On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Steve Kreyersteve.kre...@web.de wrote:

Re: Problems with sudo PATH

Roger, thanks very much for your answer. Yes, the two lines solve the problem. I was working with sudo su for days till I asked here. Thanks for saving me further hard typing work. :-) Steve On 29.12.2011 17:16, Roger Leigh wrote: On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 05:15:19PM +0100, Steve Kreyer

Problems with sudo PATH

Hi all, after an update of my Debian system some time ago I've encountered some problems with sudo. In particular sudo doesn't seem to recognize any commands located in /sbin or /usr/sbin. For example the command useradd is located in /usr/sbin and sudo fails: redwing@platon:~$ sudo

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

time to challenge luck with the vesafb graphic driver turned on. Again, thanks very much, you've rescued me from getting mad about blank tty's. Kind Regards, Steve Justin The Cynical wrote: Steve Kreyer wrote: Hi all, I have a problem using my TTYs in conjunction with the nvidia binary

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

Hi, marc wrote: Nice catch. I was going to try it, but the wise men at Ubuntu have dropped /etc/modprobe.d/options http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1117102 This seems like a strange thing to do. if this file doesn't exist anymore you can also specify the option within the

Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

Hi all, I have a problem using my TTYs in conjunction with the nvidia binary driver: When I want to switch to any tty using Ctrl+Alt+FX, the graphic card doesn't want to output anything, and my monitor turns off. I've done a lot of research concerning this issue, but haven't found a

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

.Apr.09, 21:54:53, Steve Kreyer wrote: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.44. My kernel config (concerning framebuffer related configuration) looks as followed: Are you compiling your own kernel? Try the stock kernel first. Regards, Andrei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ