Mikael> A stranger problem is that I cannot execute 'xterm' as a
Mikael> normal user. (xterm is suid root though).
Mikael> Running as root gives: (but it works ok.)
Mikael> 'Failed to open input method'
Mikael> (Both the mouse and keyboard works ok, here are the lines
Mikael> from XF86Config: --- Section "Keyboard"
AFAIK, "input method" is the kind of stuff you need to input complex
characters, such as Chinese or Japanese, for example. I don't think
it's related to mouse/keyboard (other than the "input method" would
use them, too). I see this error message too, but think it can be
ignored safely.
Mikael> Runnig as a user gives:
Mikael> memory violation at pc=120050f20 (0000000c) Segmentation
Mikael> fault
This one is harder to ignore, though, agreed... :) Don't know what it
is, but maybe you wanna make sure that the "scrollBar" resource
doesn't get set to TRUE. Also, maybe your ptys aren't setup properly?
--david