Re: debian: an opposit faction
Chris Metzler(cmetzler@speakeasy.net) is reported to have said:
> >
> > man gpm
> >
> > <- quote on ->
> >
> > -t name
> > Set the mouse type. Use `-t help' to get a list of allowable types.
> >
> > <- quote off ->
> >
> > Would that "basic document" do?
>
> Well, as someone who was once in the shoes of the person to whom you're
> replying . . .no, it wouldn't.
You must be assuming that I wasn't once in his shoes. Bad assumption.
>I don't use gpm; gpm wasn't installed
You don't use the console(?) or don't use the mouse on the console?
Man thats tough living.
What does ls /etc/gpm.conf give you?
> when I did my initial install; none of the installation docs referred
> me to gpm; I never even heard of it until joining this list a few
> months ago. I learned how to get my mouse wheel working (without gpm)
> the same way I've learned to get most things working under Linux and
He asked for a doc that told him about ImPS/2, not how to get his
wheel working. That is what my reply was refering to.
He already had his answer to the wheel problem. If he didn't I would
have sent him to the 3-button-mouse howto. Which BTW talks a lot
about gpm, as well.
Maybe if is had remembered to add
apropos mouse
gpm (8) - a cut and paste utility and mouse server for
virtual consoles
BTW I get all the list mail and did not ask for a direct reply. In
fact my Reply-To: is, purposely left blank. Please respect that.
Wayne
--
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-- Hofstadter
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