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Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> writes: |
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> One assumes that "console mode" means he's not running X. |
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> That said, I presume gpm holds the answer. But, I don't run gpm |
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> and don't know much about it... |
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James Ausmus <james.ausmus@×××××.com> writes: |
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> then edit /etc/conf.d/gpm and add a (or modify an existing uncommented): |
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> APPEND="-2" |
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> And then the right-click should be paste. |
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Willie Wong <wwong@××××××××××××××.edu> writes: |
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> I think a possibility is that you have plugged in and used a mouse |
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> with three buttons. This forced gpm into 3 button mode, so that the |
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> middle button becomes paste and right button is extend selection. Then |
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> you poor two-button touchpad has no more paste. |
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> To prevent that edit /etc/conf.d/gpm and add APPEND="-2" to force gpm |
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> to stick with 2-button mode. |
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Thanks to all for the prompt answers. |
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That solves the touch pad problem. |
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No one responded about the possibility of using the keyboard to do the |
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paste ... and man gpm is silent about it as well, does that mean its |
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not really possible to copy with mouse and paste with keyboard? |
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