Author: bdubbs
Date: Thu Nov 29 11:01:07 2018
New Revision: 20755
Log:
Update gpm in BLFS Basic book
Modified:
branches/basic/general/sysutils/gpm.xml
Modified: branches/basic/general/sysutils/gpm.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/basic/general/sysutils/gpm.xml Thu Nov 29 10:56:35 2018
(r20754)
+++ branches/basic/general/sysutils/gpm.xml Thu Nov 29 11:01:07 2018
(r20755)
@@ -77,9 +77,28 @@
</sect2>
+ <sect2 role="kernel" id='gpm-kernel'>
+ <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Enable the following option in the kernel configuration and recompile the
+ kernel if necessary:
+ </para>
+
+<screen><literal>Device Drivers --->
+ Input device support ---> [CONFIG_INPUT]
+ <*/M> Mouse interface [CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV]</literal></screen>
+
+ <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-kernel">
+ <primary sortas="d-gpm">gpm</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ </sect2>
+
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of GPM</title>
+
<para>Install <application>GPM</application> by running
the following commands:</para>
@@ -129,21 +148,20 @@
<title>Configuring GPM</title>
<sect3 id="gpm-init">
- <title>Boot Script or Systemd Unit</title>
+ <title><phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase>
+ <phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase></title>
<indexterm zone="gpm gpm-init">
<primary sortas="f-gpm-init">gpm</primary>
</indexterm>
- <para>
- For System V based systems, install the
- <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm</filename> init script included in the
- <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- For systemd based systems, to start the <command>gpm</command> daemon
- at boot, install the systemd unit from the <xref
linkend="systemd-units"/>
+ <para revision="sysv">Install the
+ <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm</filename> init script included in the
+ <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>
+
+ <para revision="systemd">
+ To start the <command>gpm</command> daemon at boot,
+ install the systemd unit from the <xref linkend="systemd-units"/>
package by running the following command as the
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
@@ -159,12 +177,12 @@
<filename>~/.gpm-root</filename>: The default and individual user
<command>gpm-root</command> configuration files.</para>
- <para><filename>/etc/sysconfig/mouse</filename> (System V only):
+ <para revision="sysv"><filename>/etc/sysconfig/mouse</filename>:
This file contains the name of your mouse device and the protocol
it uses. To create this file, run the following as the
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
-<screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/sysconfig/mouse << "EOF"
+<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>cat > /etc/sysconfig/mouse
<< "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/sysconfig/mouse
MDEVICE="<replaceable><yourdevice></replaceable>"
@@ -182,7 +200,7 @@
<primary sortas="e-etc-gpm-root.conf">/etc/gpm-root.conf</primary>
</indexterm>
- <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-config">
+ <indexterm zone="gpm gpm-config" revision="sysv">
<primary sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-mouse">/etc/sysconfig/mouse</primary>
</indexterm>
@@ -191,14 +209,14 @@
<sect3>
<title>Configuration Information</title>
- <para>System V:Examples of values to set <envar>MDEVICE</envar>,
+ <para revision="sysv">Examples of values to set <envar>MDEVICE</envar>,
<envar>PROTOCOL</envar>, and <envar>GPMOPTS</envar> to are:</para>
-<screen><literal>MDEVICE="/dev/input/mice"
+<screen revision="sysv"><literal>MDEVICE="/dev/input/mice"
PROTOCOL="imps2"
GPMOPTS=""</literal></screen>
- <para>A list of which protocol values are known can be
+ <para revision="sysv">A list of which protocol values are known can be
found by running
<command>gpm -m <replaceable>[device]</replaceable> -t -help</command>.
The <envar>MDEVICE</envar> setting depends on which type of mouse you
@@ -208,8 +226,8 @@
<envar>GPMOPTS</envar> is the 'catch all' for any additional options that
are needed for your hardware.</para>
- <para>
- systemd: <application>GPM</application> is by default started with
+ <para revision="systemd">
+ <application>GPM</application> is by default started with
the following parameters:
<parameter>-m /dev/input/mice -t imps2</parameter>. If the
mentioned parameters don't suit your needs, you can override
@@ -217,7 +235,7 @@
the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
-<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755
/etc/systemd/system/gpm.service.d
+<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>install -v -dm755
/etc/systemd/system/gpm.service.d
echo "ExecStart=/usr/sbin/gpm <list of parameters>" >
/etc/systemd/system/gpm.service.d/99-user.conf</userinput></screen>
</sect3>
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