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Re: Mouse configuration during installation needs improvement



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On 05/29/08 11:25, Frans Pop wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 05/29/08 09:35, Stephen Powell wrote:
>>> I'm not sure how one would know that most people don't
>>> use the console.  I, for one, use it a lot.  But even
> 
> I work mainly in consoles too but I have no use at all for gpm as my 
> consoles are normally all in a graphical environment (KDE's konsole, either 
> local or ssh sessions).

?????  The console is The Console, the keyboard and monitor directly
(or via a KVM switch) connected to the computer.

>> Amen.  This is Debian, not Ubuntu.
> 
> Correct. Which means we have cluefull users who know how to run 'apt-get 
> install gpm' if they are heavy VT users. :-D

Which I did many years ago.  But it would still make it easier for
us dual-use people, and not affect only-gooey users, if gpm were the
default.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

"I must acknowledge, once and for all, that the purpose of
diplomacy is to prolong a crisis.", Mr. Spock
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