Re: [gentoo-user] Why gpm?

2005-09-11 Thread aka Sevein
You have net-misc/dhcpcd, a DHCP client only. -- Jes_s Garc_a Crespo (aka Sevein) http://www.sevein.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG key ID: E2DB17E8 (pgp.escomposlinux.org) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Why gpm?

2005-09-10 Thread Edward Catmur
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 18:00 +0200, Jes__s Garc__a Crespo wrote: Hi! I don't understand why gpm was included in the Gentoo base system. It was not in there before and I didn't find information about the reasons. But I could tell you my case: I installed Gentoo in my dedicated server in EEUU (I

Re: [gentoo-user] Why gpm?

2005-09-10 Thread Holly Bostick
Jes__s Garc__a Crespo (aka Sevein) schreef: Hi! I don't understand why gpm was included in the Gentoo base system. It was not in there before and I didn't find information about the reasons. But I could tell you my case: I installed Gentoo in my dedicated server in EEUU (I am from Spain)

Re: [gentoo-user] Why gpm?

2005-09-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:39:18 +0100, Edward Catmur wrote: I suppose the reason is that when setting up a system on the console, it helps to be able to cut-and-paste text with the mouse. While dhcpcd is useful for servers, it isn't needed during initial setup, whereas gpm is, even if it isn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Why gpm?

2005-09-10 Thread Frank Schafer
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 21:19 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:39:18 +0100, Edward Catmur wrote: I suppose the reason is that when setting up a system on the console, it helps to be able to cut-and-paste text with the mouse. While dhcpcd is useful for servers, it isn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Why gpm?

2005-09-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:30:28 +0200, Frank Schafer wrote: Why does the OP think it is part of the base system? That's a very good question. Having a look at the default USE flags we can see, that: emboss Adds support for the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite is part of