no mouse in console

somebitch · #1 21st October 2009, 06:48 AM

Can anyone tell me why my mouse doesn't work in console?

I never had this issue in the past.

Camberwell · #2 21st October 2009, 09:13 AM

hi there,

you need to be running a service called gpm, this provides console mouse services

try...

Code:

su
service gpm start

then check if the service is enabled in your runlevels with...

Code:

su

[root@localhost]# chkconfig --list gpm
gpm             0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
[root@localhost]#

if it says off in all your runlevels you can turn it on again with..

Code:

su
chkconfig --levels 2345 gpm on

i hope thats helps

somebitch · #3 21st October 2009, 03:43 PM

I just installed and I guess I don't have gpm. I checked last night before I posted this. Wouldn't that install by default?