From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Dec 11 3: 8: 6 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 DAC0237B401 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 03:08:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D3F743EC5 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 03:08:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a023.otenet.gr [212.205.215.23]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBBB7qOs000107; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:07:53 +0200 (EET) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBBB7peM016943; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:07:51 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBBB7dvt016934; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:07:39 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:07:39 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Shyam Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gpm in freebsd Message-ID: <20021211110739.GA14855@gothmog.gr> References: <00a601c2a0ff$a960e740$35a709ca@u4k8x8> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00a601c2a0ff$a960e740$35a709ca@u4k8x8> 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 On 2002-12-11 15:49, Shyam wrote: > 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 ? FreeBSD uses the moused(8) to let you copy/paste text on virtual console terminals, just like gpm on linux. Pasting text is a bit different than the default behavior of gpm, since it's done with the "middle" button of the mouse when there are three buttons (or by pressing both buttons at the same time, for two-button mice). You can reconfigure the console support for moused to use two buttons by building a custom kernel that includes the option SC_TWOBUTTON_MOUSE. Try looking at the options listed in /usr/src/i386/conf/LINT for more details about the kernels options you can use with syscons, the FreeBSD console driver. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message