From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Dec 11 2:27:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FE4037B401 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 02:27:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from eth.net (mailvs.eth.net [202.9.145.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D83B43E4A for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 02:27:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shyamk@eth.net) Received: from smtp-23.eth.net ([202.9.178.23] unverified) by eth.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:59:21 +0530 Received: from 202.9.167.170 by smtp-23.eth.net (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:59:57 +0530 Message-ID: <00a601c2a0ff$a960e740$35a709ca@u4k8x8> From: "Shyam" To: "freebsd-newbies @ FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: gpm in freebsd Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:49:52 +0530 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Dec 2002 10:29:22.0125 (UTC) FILETIME=[2B797FD0:01C2A100] Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In Linux you can use the gpm for simple but elegant operations : lt.click to select/copy and rt.click to paste . My FreeBSD4.6 install recognised my PS/2 mouse , and I can see the mouse pointer , but , what does freebsd's gpm use this mouse pointer for ? I shall greatly appreciate any help. Thanks, Shyam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message