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From: "Sergei S. Laskavy" <laskavy@cs.msu.su>
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Subject: Re: mouse on character terminal,gpm...
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>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Smith <fellow9@hotmail.com> writes:

    Jason> I've just installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 release and it seems a
    Jason> bit weird. I'm an ex-linux user who is tired of all the
    Jason> bugs and all the crashes of linux and i've looked for
    Jason> sanctuary in the rock-stable freebsd.  I must admit that so
    Jason> far,I'm totally confused since almost nothing is pre-set in
    Jason> freebsd but so far I'm handling it with mans,the handbook,
    Jason> mailing list archives and stuff.But i searched for gpm,the

Your friend is moused(8). Edit
	/etc/rc.conf
to run it and use
	vidcontrol -m on
to enable mouse operations in current virtual console.

    Jason> good old utility that allows cut and paste in character
    Jason> terminals but i found nothing except from the fact that
    Jason> it's supported in freebsd-2.2.How do I set up and use gpm
    Jason> or whatever freebsd has for that purpose? Any help or tips
    Jason> would be greatly appreciated.Thanks!