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Re: pointing device on thinkpad



On Thursday 31 Jul 2003 11:31, Richard Lyons wrote:
> Woody bf2.4 on Thinkpad570.  I have "mouse" (that red nipple in the
> middle of the keyboard) working normally in X, but nothing when in
> text mode.  I can't see anything obviously relevant on google.  Can
> anyone point me in the right direction?  I am particularly keen to
> have middle button cut-and-paste active - I hate copying long paths
> and filenames.

you need gpm running to get a mouse on the console. (apt-get install gpm)

And you will then want to reconfigure x to read from the gpm device rather 
than directly from the mouse

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