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On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Hmmm... what is pciutils used for? From a little googling, it seems like it |
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> is a tool that I would manually have to use, not something required by the |
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> system itself for anything that happens automatically (ie, at boot time)? |
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It provides the lspci utility, which is handy when you are trying to |
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figure out what drivers to enable in your kernel. |
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> If so, I've never used it that I can recall, so I guess I can let depclean |
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> remove it? |
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Yes. |
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> As for gpm... this is the 'general purpose mouse server'? If so, guess I |
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> don't need this either, since this is a VM without a gui? |
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gpm allows you to use a mouse to copy/paste from the Linux text |
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console. You need to start the daemon for that to work. |
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It's not "needed". |
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