Subject: two X troubles
To: None <port-hpcarm@netbsd.org>
From: Michael W . Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
List: port-hpcarm
Date: 04/16/2003 14:24:41
Hello,
I am having two problems with my new Jornada, which neither the man
pages nor Google seems to know anything about.
1) My goal is to run X as a regular user. When I run startx as a
regular user, I get errors:
/dev/wsmouse0: Permission denied
/dev/wsmouse1: Permission denied
/dev/wsmouse2: Permission denied
...
use RAW XT keyboard, /dev/ttyE0
Fatal server error:
Can't open pointer device
X runs when I am root, however.
My first thought is that I needed more generous permissions on
/dev/wsmouse. I could give everyone read permissions, but write
permissions simply don't take on these devices. This was rather
I tried using xdm at boot, from rc.conf, but the console simply locked
up. I thought that xdm might be on another virtual console, but it
appears that the ctrl-alt-pseudofunctionkey part of wscons doesn't
work with hpcarm.
Any suggestions on how to best run X as a regular user?
2) keyboard and X
When I get X/twm up and running as root, and get an xterm firing, I
can't actually type anything. Most keys have no effect, but a few
make the occasional backslash or other symbol appear. I've found
several keycap files in the archives, and tried them by putting
xmodmap /home/mwlucas/keymap
in my .xinitrc, with no success.
Anyone have any suggestions on what to try next, or what could be wrong?
Thanks for any hints,
==ml
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Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org
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