quoth the maxim wexler: > > As others have said, "emerge xorg-x11 -pf", but why > > not recompile your > > kernel with PPP support? You're going to have to do > > it sooner or later > > and sooner will avoid a lot of hassle and reboots. > > right, but there's a lot to download yet and my > connection(on a good day) takes ~1hr/5M during which > the phone is not available. Meanwhile I'd like to be > able to read html and pdf files. > > I'd like at least to be able to use my mouse to cut > and paste. gentoo finds my usb, logitec optical mouse > on boot. Is there a method of configuring it without > having to set up X. > > -mw
'emerge gpm' gives console mouse support, so you can cut and paste. -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972
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