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On Saturday, 6 June 2020 17:16:23 BST Dale wrote: |
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> Jack wrote: |
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> > sys-libs/gpm perhaps? |
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> That should be the one. I have that installed and I use it on those |
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> rare occasions when the GUI doesn't come up and I need to edit a config |
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> file by pasting from a error to a file. It comes in handy since typing |
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> it in manually could result in a typo etc. |
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> I keep mine in the default runlevel. However, if a person finds |
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> themselves in the boot runlevel, just start the gpm service. I've never |
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> seen it depend on anything else so it should start with no problem even |
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> in a otherwise broken system. It should start even if in single user mode. |
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I have a no-x run-level here, as well as a nonetwork. GPM is in those but not |
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in default, because GPM used to conflict with display managers in their use of |
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the mouse. No doubt that was fixed long ago, but old habits die hard. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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