Bug#476431: gpm makes apps hang if running; they run normally if stopped

[Simon Raven]

Package: gpm
Version: 1.20.3~pre3-3
Severity: normal

hi,

i just finished a run of aptitude (update/upgrade). i do my aptitude run, then
when i hit "Press return to continue." and do so, aptitude hangs just before
it clears the screen to show its window. when gpm is stopped, it continues to run
normally. this also happens with other apps that are built with libgpmg support
(w3m, others). when stopped, aptitude does this in syslog:

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Apr 16 13:02:05 acahkos aptitude: *** info 
Apr 16 13:02:05 acahkos aptitude: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory
Apr 16 13:02:05 acahkos aptitude: *** info 
Apr 16 13:02:05 acahkos aptitude: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory
Apr 16 13:02:05 acahkos aptitude: *** err 
Apr 16 13:02:05 acahkos aptitude: Oh, oh, it's an error! possibly I die! 
Apr 16 13:02:46 acahkos aptitude: *** info 
Apr 16 13:02:46 acahkos aptitude: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory
Apr 16 13:02:46 acahkos aptitude: *** info 
Apr 16 13:02:46 acahkos aptitude: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory
Apr 16 13:02:46 acahkos aptitude: *** err 
Apr 16 13:02:46 acahkos aptitude: Oh, oh, it's an error! possibly I die!
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running with udev, so udev removed /dev/gpmctl when gpm was stopped.

other info provided upon request.

thanks,
simon

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24.2-acahkos
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gpm depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]      1.5.20        Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                2.28.4        Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                      2.7-10        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgpmg1                   1.20.3~pre3-3 General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii  lsb-base                   3.2-8         Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  ucf                        3.006         Update Configuration File: preserv

gpm recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
* gpm/responsiveness:
* gpm/repeat_type: none
* gpm/append: -B 321
* gpm/restart: true
* gpm/sample_rate:
* gpm/type: exps2
* gpm/device: /dev/input/mice