On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 01:48:30PM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > Hello, > I setup my mouse with gpm and repeat so I could copy text from a > console to X. I have /dev/gpmdata in XF86Config-4 and the mouse is > working in both a console (Ctl-Alt-1) and X. It does appear to slow > down the process of getting back into X though. > > My question is that I don't seem to be able to copy info from the > console into X. I have tried highlighting the text in console, going > to X and pressing the middle mouse button but nothing happens. > > Am I missing something or is gpmdata not working properly? > > Lance
gpmdata only carries mouse clicks, it doesn't do anything with selections. My advice: Use XTerm. I like my 212x78 console. (And I don't need GPM!) Too bad xterm doesn't do Linux font ioctls... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
