topic Re: HP iLO2 high performance mouse only works for root user in Operating System - Linux

HP iLO2 high performance mouse only works for root user

kenny chia — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:34:22 GMT

Hi
My system
DL380G5
Red Hat AS4 Update 3 64 bit

rpm installed
hpmouse-1.1.1.-41
hpasm-7.8.0-88.rhel4

I access Remote Console and login as root user and run startx. High performance mouse is already enabled and the mouse is synchronised

ps -ef | grep hpmouse shows the hpmouse process
10:23 ? 00:00:00 ( -p /dev/hpmouse

But when I log in as a non root user. High performance mouse does not work. The mouse does not move at all when the "high performance" option is selected.

Upon exiting X windows. I noted the following error message

waiting for X server to shut down Exec failed for command "/opt/hp/hpmouse/hpmouse-helper (Permission denied)

There is also no hpmouse process.

What could be wrong?

Re: HP iLO2 high performance mouse only works for root user

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:56:38 GMT

Shalom,

Permissions on the software and drivers for the mouse. They probably don't permit access to users other than root. Start looking in the /opt/hp/hpmouse directory.

SEP

Re: HP iLO2 high performance mouse only works for root user

chewymix — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:33:41 GMT

I have the same issue - Did you ever solve it?

If i manually change perms on those files it fails with the following

Program "/opt/hp/hpmouse/hpmouse-helper" died on signal 49

Any ideas ?

Re: HP iLO2 high performance mouse only works for root user

kenny chia — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:39:35 GMT

Hi
I never manage to solve this problem...

Regards