-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/11/2019 12.29, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 05/11/2019 10.36, stakanov wrote:
The program gpm should allow me to use the mouse to copy and paste in a console session (ttyn to be clear, eg. tty2).
Yes.
When I try to use it in TW I am told that it is in sbin and requires sudo. Which I looked up and this has been explained for security reasons. The man page speaks about the x-server but does not mention if the x-server has to be started manually.
Forget that.
But if I am running on tty7 a KDE desktop session, shouldn't the xserver already be running?
I tried with sudo and with su - but both go through without complain and ... nothing happens. (sudo gmp)
It has to be started as service. Normally in level 5 gpm is stopped automatically, so it has to be restarted. It is usually compatible with graphics, but not always.
I use gpm in Leap; if it is not broken in TW I can help you later with it, now I'm too busy.
There was a yast module to configure it, but it has been removed.
Ok, you have to edit "/etc/sysconfig/mouse". I don't know for sure what variables are needed for gpm. Some were used in the past for X. The settings below work for a logitech tracman marble+. probably for many others. Posibilities are in the man page, or should be. But, try some settings, start service, try, no? stop service and change settings. MOUSEDEVICE="/dev/psaux" or perhaps MOUSEDEVICE="/dev/mouse" MOUSETYPE="exps2" GPM_PARAM="" FULLNAME="Intelli/Wheel mouse (Aux-port)" not needed: XMOUSEDEVICE="/dev/psaux" BUTTONS="3" WHEELS="1" XEMU3="no" GPM_REPEAT="" - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCXcGCFAAKCRC1MxgcbY1H 1XgQAJsEE+3S91CJlj3z9WWNYwRACF9wwQCaA530rsDEfNy5/kJE/1etu3iUrbM= =K8Uo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org