> On 10/09/2010 05:07 AM, Steven P. Ulrick wrote: > >> > >> On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, Steven P. Ulrick wrote: > >>>> On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, Hiisi wrote: > >>>>> 2010/10/8 Silent-Hunter<cheery314@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > >>>>>> Unless I use sudo. It's weird, it only works if I use sudo. Otherwise, > >>>>>> no mouse in MC. Is it a permissions thing? If so, how do I fix it? > >>>>> I have no such problem: > >>>>> mc-4.7.4-1.fc12.i686 > >>>>> gpm-1.20.6-9.fc12.i686 > >>>>> Have you installed mc and gpm by yum? > >>>> Yes. I have installed both of them. The mouse works for copy/paste, but > >>>> not for clicking on items to select them, which it does if I use sudo. > >>> I have not had any luck getting console mouse support to work with Fedora > > for > >>> quite a few releases now. BUT, the muse struck me, and I gave it another > >>> chance... > >>> > >>> I did the following: > >>> 1. "yum install gpm" > >>> 2. "/etc/init.d/gmp start" > >>> 3. Pressed "Ctrl | Alt | F2" > >>> 4. "su" into root. > >>> 5. Started "mc" > >>> 6. Result? For the first time in years, I have console mouse support in > > Fedora > >>> :) I can do everything with the mouse in "mc" in Console mode that I can do > >>> with the mouse when I am in graphical mode. > >>> > >>> But, you might already have tried all of this... > >>> > >>> Steven P. Ulrick > >>> > >> I have. I want to be able to do it without having to be root. > > > > Thank you for that clarification. I just tried Midnight Commander in Console > > mode. This time, I did NOT log in as root. I just logged in as myself, a > > regular, non-priviledged user. I discovered that mouse support works the same > > for me in Console mode whether I am root or not. Translation: at least on my > > system, for some reason Console mouse support works perfectly in Midnight > > Commander when I am logged in as a regular user. > > What are the file permissions on /dev/input/mouse(n) and mice? Maybe > there's a clue here. Here it is: steve@localhost ~$ ls -lh /dev/input/mouse0 crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 32 Oct 9 09:56 /dev/input/mouse0 steve@localhost ~$ ls -lh /dev/input/mice crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 63 Oct 9 09:56 /dev/input/mice steve@localhost ~$ Just to clarify for everyone following this, mouse support works perfectly for me in console mode Midnight Commander as root AND as a regular user. This is on Fedora 13 with SELinux disabled. Steven P. Ulrick -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines