On 2009-09-22, Alex Schuster <wo...@wonkology.org> wrote: > Harry Putnam writes: > >> 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. > > It should. Do you have 'Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"' in your xorg.conf? > Also see Option "Emulate3Timeout" (man mousedrv).
One assumes that "console mode" means he's not running X. That said, I presume gpm holds the answer. But, I don't run gpm and don't know much about it... -- Grant
