From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 20 2:31:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand4.global.net.uk (sand4.global.net.uk [194.126.80.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F5FB14D7F for ; Sun, 20 Jun 1999 02:31:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from pa1s06a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.214.162] helo=marder-1.) by sand4.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10vdwy-0001FZ-00; Sun, 20 Jun 1999 10:31:40 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id KAA19908; Sun, 20 Jun 1999 10:29:32 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 10:29:31 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Doug White Cc: Bill Woods , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mouse questions... Message-ID: <19990620102931.A19259@marder-1> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Doug White on Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 10:46:59PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 10:46:59PM -0700, Doug White wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Bill Woods wrote: > > > I currently have my mouse working in console #1, but I would like to use > > the mouse in all my consoles (at leats the first 4) and be able to cut and > > paste between the consoles. Is it possible, if so, how? > > I don't know if you can cut & paste between consoles, but you can turn on > the mouse in each vty by running > > vidcontrol -m on > > in each vty. > > If you need extended cut & paste, you're about ready for X. :) > The poster doesn't say what version of FreeBSD they're using, but if it's 3.x then add the following to /etc/rc.conf: allscreens_flags="-m on" For 2.2.x then use: echo '\nactivating console mouse:' for i in /dev/ttyv[0-2]; do echo " $i" vidcontrol -m on < $i > $i done HTH > Doug White > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message