[PLUG] No Cut-and-Paste With Pointer in Console Mode

Aaron Burt aaron at bavariati.org
Sun Nov 21 05:05:39 UTC 2004


On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 08:51:50PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
>   This is strange. In console mode I cannot cut and paste from one console
> to anohter (or from one place in a pine header to another) using the
> trackball; gpm is installed and running and I can highlight text but not
> paste it. This all works just fine in virtual terminals when X is running.

I'd guess that GPM is confused about how many buttons the trackball
has.  What happens if you paste using the right, middle or left+right
buttons?

It would be helpful if you said what kind of trackball it is and what
mouse type GPM is configured for.  (Do a cat /etc/gpm.conf)




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