>>>What does 'Inappropriate ioctl for device' mean?
>>
>
> This refers to the C function "ioctl" (input/output control). It's
> quite a low-level procedure that (according to its man page)
> "manipulates the underlying device parameters of special files. In
> particular, many operating characteristics of character special files
> (e.g. terminals) may be controlled with ioctl requests."
>
> In short, it's probably a much lower-level problem than poplog. I'm
> just guessing, but perhaps the permissions on file.so are wrong? It may
> need to be set executable or world-readable in order to work.
> Alternatively, maybe the permissions on the directory it's in are
> similarly wrong?
>
> - Andrew
>
Hi Andrew,
Yeah I had a quick look at the man page and my first impression was the
same as yours, something to do with permisions.
I had tried changing the permissions on the file, I hadn't tried the
directory. I have now and still no joy.
What I am confused about is the fact that xved and xemacs give different
versions of the error?
Thanks
--
Mike
mhl@cs.nott.ac.uk
http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~mhl/
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