source: general/sysutils/gpm.xml@ 20e3223

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gpm-download-http " ">
  <!ENTITY gpm-download-ftp "ftp://arcana.linux.it/pub/gpm/gpm-&gpm-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gpm-md5sum "2c63e827d755527950d9d13fe3d87692">
  <!ENTITY gpm-size "556 KB">
  <!ENTITY gpm-buildsize "6.7 MB">
  <!ENTITY gpm-time "0.09 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="gpm" xreflabel="GPM-&gpm-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gpm.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>GPM-&gpm-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gpm">
    <primary sortas="a-GPM">GPM</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to GPM</title>

    <para>The <application>GPM</application> (General Purpose Mouse 
    daemon) package contains a mouse server for the console and 
    <command>xterm</command>. It not only provides cut and paste support
    generally, but its library component is used by various software such as
    <application>Links</application> to provide mouse support to the application. 
    It is useful on desktops, especially if following (Beyond) Linux From Scratch 
    instructions; it's often much easier (and less error prone) to cut and paste 
    between two console windows than to type everything by hand!</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gpm-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gpm-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &gpm-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &gpm-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &gpm-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &gpm-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>Recommended Patch: <ulink
        url="&patch-root;/gpm-&gpm-version;-segfault-1.patch"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Recommended Patch: <ulink
        url="&patch-root;/gpm-&gpm-version;-silent-1.patch"/></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of GPM</title>

    <para>Install <application>GPM</application> by running 
    the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gpm-&gpm-version;-segfault-1.patch &amp;&amp;
patch -Np1 -i ../gpm-&gpm-version;-silent-1.patch &amp;&amp;
LDFLAGS="-lm" ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
cp -v conf/gpm-root.conf /etc &amp;&amp;
ldconfig</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><command>LDFLAGS="-lm"</command>: The math library 
    must be linked with <command>gpm</command>, as ceil() is used in 
    some cursor scrolling logic.</para>

<!-- <para><command>ldconfig -n -l </command>: During installation, gpm outputs a
message to run the above command to create the proper library links.</para> -->

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring GPM</title>

    <sect3 id="gpm-init">
      <title>Boot Script</title>

      <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-init">
        <primary sortas="f-gpm-init">gpm</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm</filename> init script 
      included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-gpm</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

    <sect3 id="gpm-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para><filename>/etc/gpm-root.conf</filename> and 
      <filename>~/.gpm-root</filename>: The default and individual user 
      <command>gpm-root</command> configuration files.</para>

      <para><filename>/etc/sysconfig/mouse</filename>: 
      This file contains the name of your mouse device and the protocol which
      it uses.  To create this file, run the following as the root user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/sysconfig/mouse &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/sysconfig/mouse

MDEVICE="<replaceable>[yourdevice]</replaceable>"
PROTOCOL="<replaceable>[yourprotocol]</replaceable>"
GPMOPTS="<replaceable>[additional options]</replaceable>"

# End /etc/sysconfig/mouse</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

      <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-config">
        <primary sortas="e-AA.gpm-root">~/.gpm-root</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-gpm-root.conf">/etc/gpm-root.conf</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-mouse">/etc/sysconfig/mouse</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>Examples of values to set <envar>MDEVICE</envar>,
      <envar>PROTOCOL</envar>, and <envar>GPMOPTS</envar> to are:</para>

<screen><literal>MDEVICE="/dev/psaux"
PROTOCOL="imps2"
GPMOPTS=""</literal></screen>

      <para>A list of which protocol values are known can be found by running
      <command>gpm -t -help</command>.  The <envar>MDEVICE</envar> setting 
      depends on which type of mouse you have.  For example,
      <filename>/dev/ttyS0</filename> for a serial mouse (on Windows this is
      COM1), <filename>/dev/input/mice</filename> is often used for
      USB mice and <filename>/dev/psaux</filename> for PS2 
      mice.  <envar>GPMOPTS</envar> is the 'catch all' for any 
      additional options that are needed for your hardware.</para>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>disable-paste, gpm, gpm-root, hltest, mev, and mouse-test</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="disable-paste">
        <term><command>disable-paste</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a security mechanism used to disable the paste buffer.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gpm disable-paste">
            <primary sortas="b-disable-paste">disable-paste</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gpm-prog">
        <term><command>gpm</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a cut and paste utility and mouse server for virtual consoles.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-gpm">gpm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gpm-root">
        <term><command>gpm-root</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a default handler for <command>gpm</command>. It is used to 
          draw menus on the root window.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-root">
            <primary sortas="b-gpm-root">gpm-root</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="hltest">
        <term><command>hltest</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a simple sample application using the high-level library, 
          meant to be read by programmers trying to use the high-level library.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gpm hltest">
            <primary sortas="b-hltest">hltest</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="mev">
        <term><command>mev</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a program to report mouse events.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gpm mev">
            <primary sortas="b-mev">mev</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="mouse-test">
        <term><command>mouse-test</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a tool for determining the mouse type and device it's 
          attached to.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gpm mouse-test">
            <primary sortas="b-mouse-test">mouse-test</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>