Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: James Ausmus <james.ausmus@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [ot General Textmode q]
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:26:40
Message-Id: b79f23070909221525l27d3ba56ia37d24d68378cd36@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] [ot General Textmode q] by Harry Putnam
1 On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > I use a laptop with one of those touch pads you use for a mouse where
4 > you drag your finger around on it and have two buttons for left and
5 > right mouse.
6 >
7 > Can any one tell me how to copy with mouse (really the left mouse
8 > button provided on the touchpad) but paste from keyboard while in text
9 > (console) mode? Or using the touch pad thing somehow. I've tried
10 > pressing both touchpad buttons at once to emulate middle mouse but it
11 > has no effect.
12 >
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14
15 First of all:
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17 man 8 gpm
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19
20 then edit /etc/conf.d/gpm and add a (or modify an existing uncommented):
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22 APPEND="-2"
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24 And then the right-click should be paste.
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26 HTH-
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28 James