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Revision as of 17:31, 15 January 2014

GPM stands for General Purpose Mouse server and is the mouse support for Linux on the console.

Installation

$ make menuconfig
Package Selection for the target  --->
    [*] Hardware handling  --->
        [*] gpm mouse server

Usage

  • Connect a USB mouse in one of the USB Host connectors
  • Launch GPM (will stay in background as daemon):
# gpm -m /dev/input/mouse0 -t imps2
  • If you need to stop it:
# gpm -k

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