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Add a kernel section to gpm.
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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY gpm-download-http "&sources-anduin-http;/gpm/gpm-&gpm-version;.tar.bz2">
8 <!ENTITY gpm-download-ftp "&sources-anduin-ftp;/gpm/gpm-&gpm-version;.tar.bz2">
9 <!ENTITY gpm-md5sum "bf84143905a6a903dbd4d4b911a2a2b8">
10 <!ENTITY gpm-size "820 KB">
11 <!ENTITY gpm-buildsize "7.4 MB">
12 <!ENTITY gpm-time "0.1 SBU">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="gpm" xreflabel="GPM-&gpm-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="gpm.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
20 <date>$Date$</date>
21 </sect1info>
22
23 <title>GPM-&gpm-version;</title>
24
25 <indexterm zone="gpm">
26 <primary sortas="a-GPM">GPM</primary>
27 </indexterm>
28
29 <sect2 role="package">
30 <title>Introduction to GPM</title>
31
32 <para>The <application>GPM</application> (General Purpose Mouse
33 daemon) package contains a mouse server for the console and
34 <command>xterm</command>. It not only provides cut and paste support
35 generally, but its library component is used by various software such as
36 <application>Links</application> to provide mouse support to the application.
37 It is useful on desktops, especially if following (Beyond) Linux From Scratch
38 instructions; it's often much easier (and less error prone) to cut and paste
39 between two console windows than to type everything by hand!</para>
40
41 &lfs83_checked;
42
43 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
44 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
45 <listitem>
46 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gpm-download-http;"/></para>
47 </listitem>
48 <listitem>
49 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gpm-download-ftp;"/></para>
50 </listitem>
51 <listitem>
52 <para>Download MD5 sum: &gpm-md5sum;</para>
53 </listitem>
54 <listitem>
55 <para>Download size: &gpm-size;</para>
56 </listitem>
57 <listitem>
58 <para>Estimated disk space required: &gpm-buildsize;</para>
59 </listitem>
60 <listitem>
61 <para>Estimated build time: &gpm-time;</para>
62 </listitem>
63 </itemizedlist>
64
65 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
66 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
67 <listitem>
68 <para>
69 Required patch:
70 <ulink url="&patch-root;/gpm-&gpm-version;-glibc_2.26-1.patch"/>
71 </para>
72 </listitem>
73 </itemizedlist>
74
75 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
76 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/GPM"/></para>
77
78 </sect2>
79
80 <sect2 role="kernel" id='gpm-kernel'>
81 <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
82
83 <para>
84 Enable the following option in the kernel configuration and recompile the
85 kernel if necessary:
86 </para>
87
88<screen><literal>Device Drivers ---&gt;
89 Input device support ---&gt; [CONFIG_INPUT]
90 &lt;*/M&gt; Mouse interface [CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV]</literal></screen>
91
92 <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-kernel">
93 <primary sortas="d-gpm">gpm</primary>
94 </indexterm>
95
96 </sect2>
97
98 <sect2 role="installation">
99 <title>Installation of GPM</title>
100
101
102 <para>Install <application>GPM</application> by running
103 the following commands:</para>
104
105<screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's:&lt;gpm.h&gt;:"headers/gpm.h":' src/prog/{display-buttons,display-coords,get-versions}.c &amp;&amp;
106patch -Np1 -i ../gpm-&gpm-version;-glibc_2.26-1.patch &amp;&amp;
107./autogen.sh &amp;&amp;
108./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
109make</userinput></screen>
110
111 <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
112
113 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
114
115<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
116
117install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir \
118 /usr/share/info/gpm.info &amp;&amp;
119
120ln -sfv libgpm.so.2.1.0 /usr/lib/libgpm.so &amp;&amp;
121install -v -m644 conf/gpm-root.conf /etc &amp;&amp;
122
123install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/gpm-&gpm-version;/support &amp;&amp;
124install -v -m644 doc/support/* \
125 /usr/share/doc/gpm-&gpm-version;/support &amp;&amp;
126install -v -m644 doc/{FAQ,HACK_GPM,README*} \
127 /usr/share/doc/gpm-&gpm-version;</userinput></screen>
128
129 </sect2>
130
131 <sect2 role="commands">
132 <title>Command Explanations</title>
133
134 <para><command>./autogen.sh</command>: This command creates the missing
135 <command>configure</command> script.</para>
136
137 <para><command>install-info ...</command>: This package installs an
138 <filename class="extension">.info</filename> file, but does not update the
139 system <filename>dir</filename> file. This command makes the update.</para>
140
141 <para><command>ln -v -sfn libgpm.so.2.1.0 /usr/lib/libgpm.so</command>: This
142 command is used to create (or update) the <filename class="extension">.so</filename>
143 symlink to the library.</para>
144
145 </sect2>
146
147 <sect2 role="configuration">
148 <title>Configuring GPM</title>
149
150 <sect3 id="gpm-init">
151 <title><phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase>
152 <phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase></title>
153
154 <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-init">
155 <primary sortas="f-gpm-init">gpm</primary>
156 </indexterm>
157
158 <para revision="sysv">Install the
159 <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm</filename> init script included in the
160 <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>
161
162 <para revision="systemd">
163 To start the <command>gpm</command> daemon at boot,
164 install the systemd unit from the <xref linkend="systemd-units"/>
165 package by running the following command as the
166 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
167 </para>
168
169<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-gpm</userinput></screen>
170
171 </sect3>
172
173 <sect3 id="gpm-config">
174 <title>Config Files</title>
175
176 <para><filename>/etc/gpm-root.conf</filename> and
177 <filename>~/.gpm-root</filename>: The default and individual user
178 <command>gpm-root</command> configuration files.</para>
179
180 <para revision="sysv"><filename>/etc/sysconfig/mouse</filename>:
181 This file contains the name of your mouse device and the protocol
182 it uses. To create this file, run the following as the
183 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
184
185<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/sysconfig/mouse &lt;&lt; "EOF"
186<literal># Begin /etc/sysconfig/mouse
187
188MDEVICE="<replaceable>&lt;yourdevice&gt;</replaceable>"
189PROTOCOL="<replaceable>&lt;yourprotocol&gt;</replaceable>"
190GPMOPTS="<replaceable>&lt;additional options&gt;</replaceable>"
191
192# End /etc/sysconfig/mouse</literal>
193EOF</userinput></screen>
194
195 <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-config">
196 <primary sortas="e-AA.gpm-root">~/.gpm-root</primary>
197 </indexterm>
198
199 <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-config">
200 <primary sortas="e-etc-gpm-root.conf">/etc/gpm-root.conf</primary>
201 </indexterm>
202
203 <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-config" revision="sysv">
204 <primary sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-mouse">/etc/sysconfig/mouse</primary>
205 </indexterm>
206
207 </sect3>
208
209 <sect3>
210 <title>Configuration Information</title>
211
212 <para revision="sysv">Examples of values to set <envar>MDEVICE</envar>,
213 <envar>PROTOCOL</envar>, and <envar>GPMOPTS</envar> to are:</para>
214
215<screen revision="sysv"><literal>MDEVICE="/dev/input/mice"
216PROTOCOL="imps2"
217GPMOPTS=""</literal></screen>
218
219 <para revision="sysv">A list of which protocol values are known can be
220 found by running
221 <command>gpm -m <replaceable>[device]</replaceable> -t -help</command>.
222 The <envar>MDEVICE</envar> setting depends on which type of mouse you
223 have. For example, <filename>/dev/ttyS0</filename> for a serial mouse
224 (on Windows this is COM1), <filename>/dev/input/mice</filename> is often
225 used for USB mice and <filename>/dev/psaux</filename> for PS2 mice.
226 <envar>GPMOPTS</envar> is the 'catch all' for any additional options that
227 are needed for your hardware.</para>
228
229 <para revision="systemd">
230 <application>GPM</application> is by default started with
231 the following parameters:
232 <parameter>-m /dev/input/mice -t imps2</parameter>. If the
233 mentioned parameters don't suit your needs, you can override
234 them by running the following commands as
235 the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
236 </para>
237
238<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /etc/systemd/system/gpm.service.d
239echo "ExecStart=/usr/sbin/gpm &lt;list of parameters&gt;" > /etc/systemd/system/gpm.service.d/99-user.conf</userinput></screen>
240
241 </sect3>
242
243 </sect2>
244
245 <sect2 role="content">
246 <title>Contents</title>
247
248 <segmentedlist>
249 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
250 <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
251 <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
252
253 <seglistitem>
254 <seg>disable-paste, display-buttons, display-coords, get-versions, gpm,
255 gpm-root, hltest, mev, and mouse-test</seg>
256 <seg>libgpm.{so.a}</seg>
257 <seg>/usr/share/doc/gpm-&gpm-version;</seg>
258 </seglistitem>
259 </segmentedlist>
260
261 <variablelist>
262 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
263 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
264 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
265
266 <varlistentry id="disable-paste">
267 <term><command>disable-paste</command></term>
268 <listitem>
269 <para>is a security mechanism used to disable the paste buffer.</para>
270 <indexterm zone="gpm disable-paste">
271 <primary sortas="b-disable-paste">disable-paste</primary>
272 </indexterm>
273 </listitem>
274 </varlistentry>
275
276 <varlistentry id="display-buttons">
277 <term><command>display-buttons</command></term>
278 <listitem>
279 <para>is a simple program that reports the mouse buttons being
280 pressed and released.</para>
281 <indexterm zone="gpm display-buttons">
282 <primary sortas="b-display-buttons">display-buttons</primary>
283 </indexterm>
284 </listitem>
285 </varlistentry>
286
287 <varlistentry id="display-coords">
288 <term><command>display-coords</command></term>
289 <listitem>
290 <para>is a simple program that reports the mouse coordinates.</para>
291 <indexterm zone="gpm display-coords">
292 <primary sortas="b-display-coords">display-coords</primary>
293 </indexterm>
294 </listitem>
295 </varlistentry>
296
297 <varlistentry id="get-versions">
298 <term><command>get-versions</command></term>
299 <listitem>
300 <para>is used to report the <application>GPM</application> library
301 and server versions.</para>
302 <indexterm zone="gpm get-versions">
303 <primary sortas="b-get-versions">get-versions</primary>
304 </indexterm>
305 </listitem>
306 </varlistentry>
307
308 <varlistentry id="gpm-prog">
309 <term><command>gpm</command></term>
310 <listitem>
311 <para>is a cut and paste utility and mouse server for virtual consoles.</para>
312 <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-prog">
313 <primary sortas="b-gpm">gpm</primary>
314 </indexterm>
315 </listitem>
316 </varlistentry>
317
318 <varlistentry id="gpm-root">
319 <term><command>gpm-root</command></term>
320 <listitem>
321 <para>is a default handler for <command>gpm</command>. It is used to
322 draw menus on the root window.</para>
323 <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-root">
324 <primary sortas="b-gpm-root">gpm-root</primary>
325 </indexterm>
326 </listitem>
327 </varlistentry>
328
329 <varlistentry id="hltest">
330 <term><command>hltest</command></term>
331 <listitem>
332 <para>is a simple sample application using the high-level library,
333 meant to be read by programmers trying to use the high-level library.</para>
334 <indexterm zone="gpm hltest">
335 <primary sortas="b-hltest">hltest</primary>
336 </indexterm>
337 </listitem>
338 </varlistentry>
339
340 <varlistentry id="mev">
341 <term><command>mev</command></term>
342 <listitem>
343 <para>is a program to report mouse events.</para>
344 <indexterm zone="gpm mev">
345 <primary sortas="b-mev">mev</primary>
346 </indexterm>
347 </listitem>
348 </varlistentry>
349
350 <varlistentry id="mouse-test">
351 <term><command>mouse-test</command></term>
352 <listitem>
353 <para>is a tool for determining the mouse type and device it's
354 attached to.</para>
355 <indexterm zone="gpm mouse-test">
356 <primary sortas="b-mouse-test">mouse-test</primary>
357 </indexterm>
358 </listitem>
359 </varlistentry>
360
361 <varlistentry id="libgpm">
362 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgpm.{so.a}</filename></term>
363 <listitem>
364 <para>contains the API functions to access the
365 <application>GPM</application> daemon.</para>
366 <indexterm zone="gpm libgpm">
367 <primary sortas="c-libgpm">libgpm.{so,a}</primary>
368 </indexterm>
369 </listitem>
370 </varlistentry>
371
372 </variablelist>
373
374 </sect2>
375
376</sect1>
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