Bug 121684 - gpm fails to start
Summary: gpm fails to start
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gpm
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Eido Inoue
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-04-25 17:16 UTC by Sxren Nielsen
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2004-04-27 19:31:06 UTC
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Patch changing the configuration file (440 bytes, patch)
2004-04-25 17:33 UTC, Sxren Nielsen
no flags Details | Diff

Description Sxren Nielsen 2004-04-25 17:16:58 UTC
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Description of problem:
gpm fails to start with the error message:
(no mouse is configured)

/etc/init.d/gpm tries to use the configuration file
/etc/sysconfig/mouse which does not exist.

Changing /etc(init.d/gpm to use /etc/sysconfig/gpm instead solves the
problem.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gpm-1.20.1-47

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. servive gpm start
    

Actual Results:  (no mouse is configured)

Additional info:

Comment 1 Sxren Nielsen 2004-04-25 17:33:14 UTC
Created attachment 99683 [details]
Patch changing the configuration file

This patch solves the problem for me and makes the errormessage a little more
informative.
The original error message is reused for two different errors.

Comment 2 Eido Inoue 2004-04-27 19:31:06 UTC
The configuration file that the init script searches for is/should be
generated by the installer; the installer will be changed to generate
the file again.

It is not a bug for gpm to refuse to start up if /etc/sysconfig/mouse
is not present; that is by design-- see the anaconda related bugs
regarding /etc/sysconfig/mouse


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