From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MqEk7-0008Nz-CY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:25:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D3075E07B2; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:25:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice05.Princeton.EDU [128.112.133.189]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFBDDE07B2 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:25:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.148]) by Princeton.EDU (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8MNPrA1002916 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:25:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id n8MNPqGs007790 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:25:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D42B7156093; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:26:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:26:46 -0400 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [ot General Textmode q] Message-ID: <20090922232646.GA13591@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <87hbuuoe44.fsf@newsguy.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87hbuuoe44.fsf@newsguy.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: ff2d372e-a63b-4bcf-84c8-2879c706ae37 X-Archives-Hash: d51305bf1c02e9e2f56197a2f0d1c180 On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 04:37:15PM -0500, Penguin Lover Harry Putnam squawked: > Can any one tell me how to copy with mouse (really the left mouse > button provided on the touchpad) but paste from keyboard while in text > (console) mode? Or using the touch pad thing somehow. I've tried > pressing both touchpad buttons at once to emulate middle mouse but it > has no effect. In console the copy-paste is provided by GPM. And I thought GPM paste is right mouse key, not middle key. And I am also pretty sure that GPM does not do third button emulation the way X does. I think a possibility is that you have plugged in and used a mouse with three buttons. This forced gpm into 3 button mode, so that the middle button becomes paste and right button is extend selection. Then you poor two-button touchpad has no more paste. To prevent that edit /etc/conf.d/gpm and add APPEND="-2" to force gpm to stick with 2-button mode. HTH W -- "Do you all understand? At this point I'll settle for quiet acquiescence." ~DeathMech, S. Sondhi. P-town PHY 205 Sortir en Pantoufles: up 1019 days, 22:12