[ltp] Thinkpad utilities query

Dom linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:48:01 +0100


Damien Challet wrote:
> On Sunday 24 February 2008 15.24:35 Dom wrote:
>   
>> Damien Challet wrote:
>>     
>>>>> nigel@henry:~$ synclient TouchpadOff=1
>>>>> Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled?
>>>>> nigel@henry:~$
>>>>>           
>>> is it a permission problem ?
>>>       
>> Can you help me? Maybe I missed something. What group I should be a
>> member of? I tried it with root as well, same thing happens.
>>     
>
> I do not know, but first do a 
>
> grep SHM /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>
> I get
>
> (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
> (**) Option "SHMConfig" "on"
>
> which is what you want.
>
> I am able to use the synclient command cited above (ubuntu).
>   
 From my Xorg.0.log I only get:
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM

without: (**) Option "SHMConfig" "on"

(I use Debian unstable)
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