Jack wrote: > sys-libs/gpm perhaps? That should be the one. I have that installed and I use it on those rare occasions when the GUI doesn't come up and I need to edit a config file by pasting from a error to a file. It comes in handy since typing it in manually could result in a typo etc.
I keep mine in the default runlevel. However, if a person finds themselves in the boot runlevel, just start the gpm service. I've never seen it depend on anything else so it should start with no problem even in a otherwise broken system. It should start even if in single user mode. Dale :-) :-)