Macro recorder like utility for Linux

Does anyone know of a utility that will record mouse clicks and create a script in Linux, similar to the one that can be used in Microsoft Excel?  I'm trying to automate interactive logon attempts to both my Debian system, and MySQL also located on my Debian system.  I was thinking of a network log

Problem with inetd

I recently installed Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 on an HP Pavilion 310n. The problem I'm having is that inetd is spawning the telnet service. When I scan the ports on my computer, port 23 is actively listening for telnet connections. I have tried many things in order to close this port. I have tri

X session error

I am having problems logging into my gnome desktop environment as my regular users.  I can however log into it as root.  When I attempt to log in as a regular user I get a message which states the following,"Xsession warning: unalbe to write to /tmp;xsession may exit with an error."  When I