I have some more information that may be useful for analysing this problem:
When I start gpm, a new device /dev/gpmctl appears as follows: #ls -l /dev/gpm* srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 4 13:25 /dev/gpmctl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 84 Mar 17 17:36 /dev/gpmdata If I try to read it manually (by using cat), I get the following: #cat /dev/gpmctl cat: /dev/gpmctl: No such device or address I have also tried using the shift key to see if this might enable the mouse functions, but there is no difference. > I want to run mc in a console using the mouse, and I can't find out how > to do it. > > I have read the documentation, which says that I should use gpm. I do > have gpm running and it is working fine: > > # gpm -v > gpm 1.19.6, Thu Oct 4 00:21:21 CEST 2001 > > $ ps -ef | grep gpm > root 486 1 0 12:00 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/gpm -m > /dev/psaux -t ps2 > > Here is some other version information: > > $ uname -r > 2.4.18 > > $ mc -V > GNU Midnight Commander 4.5.55 > Edition: text mode > Virtual File System: tarfs, extfs, ftpfs, mcfs, undelfs > With builtin Editor > Using S-Lang library with terminfo database > With subshell support as default > With support for background operations > With mouse support on xterm and Linux console > Using locale "C" (from environment variable LANG) > > I start the midnight (mouseless) commander from a console as follows: > > $ mc > > As far as I can see, everything is set up as it should be, but still mc > does not react to the mouse as much as I would expect. I can use the > mouse in mc's built in editor to cut and paste, but that's just about > all it will do. > > In the help documentation it says that I should be able to use the mc > menus, select and run files, or cd into directories, all by using the > mouse. If I click on a file or directory, the selected line in mc does > not change, and if I double click then all that happens is that the text > is highlighted. If I right click with some text highlighted, then it > gets pasted into the command line. > > What steps can I take to troubleshoot this problem, or if I have missed > out some important information, what more could I provide to help > analyse the problem? -- Best regards, Peter Hugosson-Miller
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