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==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
| − | * Connect a USB mouse in one of the USB Host connectors | + | * Connect a USB mouse in one of the USB Host connectors. Let's suppose you have only one and so it will be referenced as "mouse0". |
* Launch GPM (will stay in background as daemon): | * Launch GPM (will stay in background as daemon): | ||
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# gpm -k | # gpm -k | ||
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| + | * Then you can at least do some cut & paste in the Framebuffer virtual terminals. | ||
| + | * To have something more fancy, you can login in the Framebuffer terminal and then launch: | ||
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| + | # gpm-root | ||
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| + | * then, if you press "Ctrl" key and one of the mouse buttons, you will have some menus displayed on your terminal. Configuration for these menus can be changed with ''/etc/gpm-root.conf''. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/ | * http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/ | ||
Latest revision as of 18:36, 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. Let's suppose you have only one and so it will be referenced as "mouse0".
- Launch GPM (will stay in background as daemon):
# gpm -m /dev/input/mouse0 -t imps2
- If you need to stop it:
# gpm -k
- Then you can at least do some cut & paste in the Framebuffer virtual terminals.
- To have something more fancy, you can login in the Framebuffer terminal and then launch:
# gpm-root
- then, if you press "Ctrl" key and one of the mouse buttons, you will have some menus displayed on your terminal. Configuration for these menus can be changed with /etc/gpm-root.conf.
