Bug 62487

Summary:	Starting programs like "gpm" and "links" in a /dev/tty console gives a 'gpm' error
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Public Beta	Reporter:	Peter van Egdom <p.van.egdom>
Component:	gpm	Assignee:	wdovlrrw <brosenkr>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	skipjack-beta1	CC:	barryn, bugs.michael
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Description Peter van Egdom 2002-04-01 17:03:36 UTC

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Description of problem:
Starting programs like "links" or "mc" in a virtual console gives an error
reported by "gpm" :

*** debug ***: [/usr/src/build/78046-i386/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c(202)]:
VC: 0
info: [/usr/src/build/78046-i386/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c(446)]:
Warning: closing connection


Running "links" or "mc" as root gives a slightly shorter error message :

*** debug ***: [/usr/src/build/78046-i386/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c(202)]:
VC: 0


Disabling "gpm" (/etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm stop) and then running "mc" or "links"
gives another kind of error :

*** debug ***: [/usr/src/build/78046-i386/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c(202)]:
VC: 0
info: [/usr/src/build/78046-i386/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c(319)]:
/dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory
=== ERROR ===: [/usr/src/build/78046-i386/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c(326)]:
/dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory
=== ERROR ===: [/usr/src/build/78046-i386/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c(370)]:
Oh, oh, it's an error! possibly I die!


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. go to a virtual console (ctrl-alt-f4).
2. log in 
3. start links with "links 2>foobar"
4. "cat foobar" and observe error

Actual Results:  file called foobar is created with the error from 'gpm'

Expected Results:  Links or Midnight Commander should have started normally
without giving the 'gpm' error

Additional info:

gpm-1.20.0-1
elinks-0.3.0-1
mc-4.5.55-1

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2002-04-01 21:22:55 UTC

This particular error was fixed in 1.20.0-2.

Comment 2 Mike A. Harris 2004-07-05 22:23:46 UTC

*** Bug 63437 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Mike A. Harris 2004-07-05 22:25:20 UTC

*** Bug 100675 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Barry K. Nathan 2004-07-05 23:57:12 UTC

There's another annoying gpm error message that still shows up in
aumix. I guess I'll file another bug for it (although I'm not going to
do that yet because I first need to see if someone else has already
filed another bug).