Can't run links as non root user

Can't run links as non root user

[Robert]

When I try to run links in graphical mode I get the message:

svgalib: cannot get I/O permissions

How do I fix this?


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Re: Can't run links as non root user

[Ray Olszewski]

At 06:14 PM 5/25/2003 +1000, Robert wrote:
>When I try to run links in graphical mode I get the message:
>
>svgalib: cannot get I/O permissions
>
>How do I fix this?


It is difficult to say without more information. I assume you are referring 
to the Web browser called "links" here, and under that assumption:

1. The Subject implies, but does not say, that the program runs properly if 
run by root. Is this correct?

2. Aa a non-root user, are you attempting to run links from a console, from 
an xterm, or from a remote connection (or some other way)? Whatever the 
methodm did you log in as the non-root user or su to it from a root login?

3. What does "ls -l /usr/bin/links" report? (Change the PATH if I have 
guessed wrong about where your system puts links.)

4. Is the non-root user account involved here a member of whatever group 
links is in (check tis in /etc/group, based on the results from #3 above).

5. Does anything infomative precede the svgalib message you quote?

6. What Linux distro and version are you using, and what kernel ("uname -a" 
for the last part)? There is no special reason for my asking this one; it 
is just baseline information that should always accompany a trouble report.

 From the little you told us, the problem is with permissions, but exactly 
what permission is missing is unclear. So without the details, any specific 
suggestion is no more than a guess.



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Re: Can't run links as non root user

[pa3gcu]

On Sunday 25 May 2003 10:14, Robert wrote:
> When I try to run links in graphical mode I get the message:
>
> svgalib: cannot get I/O permissions
>
> How do I fix this?
>
>
http://www.svgalib.org/svgalib.user.faq.html#q8

-- 
Regards Richard
pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/



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Re: Can't run links as non root user

[Elias Athanasopoulos]

On Sun, May 25, 2003 at 06:14:11PM +1000, Robert wrote:
> When I try to run links in graphical mode I get the message:
> 
> svgalib: cannot get I/O permissions

If you mean links, the console based Web browser, what version do you use?
I am in 0.97 and there is no svgalib depedency and I'm curious to find out
why links needs svgalib. Do they [links developers] have added any inline
graphics support, such as the one w3m uses?

Elias

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Re: Can't run links as non root user

[Amin]

On May 25 22:15 2003 Elias Athanasopoulos wrote:
> On Sun, May 25, 2003 at 06:14:11PM +1000, Robert wrote:
> > When I try to run links in graphical mode I get the
> message:
> >
> > svgalib: cannot get I/O permissions
> 
> If you mean links, the console based Web browser, what
> version do you use?
> I am in 0.97 and there is no svgalib depedency and I'm
> curious to find out
> why links needs svgalib. Do they [links developers] have
> added any inline
> graphics support, such as the one w3m uses?

I don't know about dependencies, but I thought ``links'' 
had been superceded by ``elinks''?  In any case, doing an 
``rpm -q elinks'' gives me

	Elinks 0.3.2 - Lynx-like text WWW browser

Yawar Amin
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