From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GQKBb-0004Eo-3O for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:45:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8L8iTNS011973; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:44:29 GMT Received: from mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony4.iinet.net.au (ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony4.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.198]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8L8dxPT005635 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:40:02 GMT Received: from 203-59-216-240.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([203.59.216.240]) by mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony4.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 21 Sep 2006 16:39:38 +0800 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,194,1157299200"; d="scan'208"; a="905453056:sNHT1130517162" Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 309C08237A for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:39:19 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id VLooAXIm+SKa for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:39:17 +0800 (WST) Received: from rattus (rattus [192.168.1.2]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8828820AA for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:39:16 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] vnc weirdness as a user, works as root From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <7573e9640609210051u1994c760va19d480de15b926f@mail.gmail.com> References: <1158814748.8552.7.camel@rattus> <7573e9640609210051u1994c760va19d480de15b926f@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Home! Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:39:15 +0800 Message-Id: <1158827956.8552.13.camel@rattus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f92bf547-1fa8-45d7-9b3c-7cf286b1ae12 X-Archives-Hash: 8ae450030a5294e7d42f8bc8babce323 On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 00:51 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > On 9/20/06, William Kenworthy wrote: > > I installed tightvnc on a relatively new system and find that mouse > > clicks are not being registered (both using the browser and vncviewer > > clients). Occurs with both the fluxbox and twm window managers. The > > mouse cursor moves over the screen ok, just no "clicks" are being > > recognised. The mouse works fine on a local (non-vnc - gnome) X desktop > > as the same user. > > Have you double checked that the "View only" option is *not* on? This > would be on the "options..." dialog when you run vncviewer [1]. > > -Richard > > [1] http://www.tightvnc.com/screenshots.html Its not on (the cursor looks different when its on, and cant move it which I can do - just cant click as a user. Also the link you give is for a windows user! Thats not going to help much as its gentoo on both ends :) BillK -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list