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Date: Fri,  4 Jun 2010 14:01:00 -0700
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From: ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] a very silly program
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On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:39 PM, EBo <ebo@sandien.com> wrote:
>
>>> When I first tried this I started up 9vx without rio, ran catmouse at a
>>> windowless command prompt, and then ran rio and it did not work
>>> correctly.
>>> Maybe this is not what Ron intended, but this is what worked for me...
>>
>> bonus points for why that did not work ;-)
>
> Well, without reading the code I would guess that you do not have a devic=
e
> (or service) connected to the mouse until a window manager is started. =
=A0It
> is also even =A0likely a problem with what is set in the namespaces.

well, can't I get any of you folks to figure it out using ratrace :-)

ron