Bug 1116

Summary:	doesn\'t work in linux VC
Product:	Sisyphus	Reporter:	imz <vanyaz>
Component:	libgpm	Assignee:	placeholder <placeholder>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P4	CC:	glebfm, ldv, placeholder
Version:	unstable
Hardware:	all
OS:	Linux

Description imz 2002-07-17 11:30:56 MSD

programs that use mouse in linux VC (through libgpm) have lost this feature wit the new libgpm. libgpm contains code that always fails if only not TERM=xterm.

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login into a linux VC, start mc, try to do smth with the mouse. It doesn\'t react upon mouse actions.

The same thing in GNU Emacs started in a VC. There, you are able to see the error messages printed by libgpm (in \'*Messages*\' buffer: C-x b ...): they very similar to those printed in Eterm+mc (see #1086).

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libgpm-1.20.1-alt0.1rc1

Comment 1 Dmitry V. Levin 2002-07-17 18:40:38 MSD

Fixed in gpm-1.20.1-alt0.2rc1

Comment 2 Dmitry V. Levin 2002-07-17 18:40:38 MSD

Fixed in gpm-1.20.1-alt0.2rc1

Comment 3 imz 2002-07-18 12:39:10 MSD

Now the situation is better, but not perfect.

$ rpm -q mc gpm libgpm; rpm -V mc gpm libgpm
mc-4.5.99a-alt2
gpm-1.20.1-alt0.2rc1
libgpm-1.20.1-alt0.2rc1

After running /sbin/pam_console_apply, the mouse works in mc and in links in linux VC. (That\'s not good that after upgrading gpm, the permissions are not correct for /dev/gpmctl.)

Ctrl-O in mc doesn\'t work as expected (doesn\'t show the hidden screen), probably because of the debugging garbage from libgpm. (For instance, start man rpm in the backscreen of MC, then press Ctrl-O a pair of times, and you won\'t see the man-page.)

GNU Emacs still reports errors, this is for sure because of the debugging messages printed out by /usr/bin/mev.

Please, disable debugging output of libgpm.

Comment 4 imz 2002-07-18 12:39:10 MSD

Now the situation is better, but not perfect.

$ rpm -q mc gpm libgpm; rpm -V mc gpm libgpm
mc-4.5.99a-alt2
gpm-1.20.1-alt0.2rc1
libgpm-1.20.1-alt0.2rc1

After running /sbin/pam_console_apply, the mouse works in mc and in links in linux VC. (That\'s not good that after upgrading gpm, the permissions are not correct for /dev/gpmctl.)

Ctrl-O in mc doesn\'t work as expected (doesn\'t show the hidden screen), probably because of the debugging garbage from libgpm. (For instance, start man rpm in the backscreen of MC, then press Ctrl-O a pair of times, and you won\'t see the man-page.)

GNU Emacs still reports errors, this is for sure because of the debugging messages printed out by /usr/bin/mev.

Please, disable debugging output of libgpm.

Comment 5 imz 2002-07-18 12:48:47 MSD

Running man is a bad example. Well, simply a shell prompt should be there, in xterm it is there, un linux VC thje screen is empty.

Comment 6 imz 2002-07-18 12:48:47 MSD

Running man is a bad example. Well, simply a shell prompt should be there, in xterm it is there, un linux VC thje screen is empty.

Comment 7 Dmitry V. Levin 2002-07-19 14:02:59 MSD

Added call to /sbin/pam_console_apply at the gpm startup in libgpm-1.20.1-alt0.3rc1

Comment 8 Dmitry V. Levin 2002-07-19 14:02:59 MSD

Added call to /sbin/pam_console_apply at the gpm startup in libgpm-1.20.1-alt0.3rc1

Comment 9 imz 2002-10-27 20:35:39 MSK

$ rpm -qa \\*gpm\\*
libgpm-1.20.1-alt0.5rc1
gpm-1.20.1-alt0.5rc1

Again, programs run in linux console don\'t work with gpm:

links has no reaction on mouse clicks at menu-items (links-0.97-alt2). mc crashes. Emacs+mev doesn\'t work as they should.

Comment 10 imz 2002-10-27 20:35:39 MSK

$ rpm -qa \\*gpm\\*
libgpm-1.20.1-alt0.5rc1
gpm-1.20.1-alt0.5rc1

Again, programs run in linux console don\'t work with gpm:

links has no reaction on mouse clicks at menu-items (links-0.97-alt2). mc crashes. Emacs+mev doesn\'t work as they should.

Comment 11 Dmitry V. Levin 2002-10-27 21:25:15 MSK

Latest fix (libgpm-1.20.1-alt0.5rc1) apparently breaks libgpm in linux console.

Comment 12 Dmitry V. Levin 2002-10-27 21:25:15 MSK

Latest fix (libgpm-1.20.1-alt0.5rc1) apparently breaks libgpm in linux console.

Comment 13 Dmitry V. Levin 2002-10-27 22:21:54 MSK

Fixed in
libgpm-1.20.1-alt0.6rc1

Comment 14 Dmitry V. Levin 2002-10-27 22:21:54 MSK

Fixed in
libgpm-1.20.1-alt0.6rc1