Console Mouse Support
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GPM, short for general purpose mouse, is a daemon that provides mouse support for Linux virtual consoles. It is included in most Linux distributions.
Installing
# pacman -S
Configuring
The -m parameter precedes the declaration of the mouse to be used. The -t parameter precedes the type of mouse. To get a list of available types for the -t option, run gpm with -t help.
$ gpm -m /dev/input/mice -t help
If the mouse only has 2 buttons, pass -2 to GPM_ARGS and button-2 will preform the paste function.
The gpm package needs to be started with a few parameters. These parameters can be added in the file /etc/conf.d/gpm or used when running gpm directly.
- For PS/2 mice, replace the existing line with:
GPM_ARGS="-m /dev/psaux -t ps2"
- Whereas USB mice should use:
GPM_ARGS="-m /dev/input/mice -t imps2"
- And IBM Trackpoints need:
GPM_ARGS="-m /dev/input/mice -t ps2"
Once a suitable configuration has been found, adding gpm into the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf will make gpm load at boot. Example:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng gpm network netfs crond)
For more information see man gpm.