Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:38:38 +0200 (MESZ) From: "Hr.Ladavac" <lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> To: flaq@synwork.com (Mike K.) Cc: zounds@INNOSOFT.COM, root@synwork.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mouse Outside of X Message-ID: <199607120738.AA074817118@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960711173741.7112A-100000@synwork.com> from "Mike K." at Jul 11, 96 05:38:17 pm
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In his e-mail Mike K. wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jul 1996 zounds@INNOSOFT.COM wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Mike K. wrote: > > > > > Is there a way to use my mouse outside of X. It would be nice to be able > > > to cut/copy/paste in my shell. I know when I ran Linux, mouse was > > > available from the shell. TIA > > > > > > > > You werent running the shell when you were using the mouse in linux > > > > What was I running then when I rebooted, logged in and was able to use my > mouse? It wasn't X... Well, you were also running the Linux gpm daemon which needs support from the console. FreeBSD does not offer such support (even though Soeren has been implementing something similar in syscons IIRC.) /Marino > > > ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ > Syn-Work Media, Inc. | WWW Development & Hosting | Life Safety > http://www.synwork.com | Systems Integration | CCTV > mike@synwork.com | Voice/Data/Fiber | Access Control > Flaq on IRC | Dukane Distributor | BICSI/RCDD > ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ > >
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