Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread deloptes
Charles Curley wrote: > For the system console(s), there is gpm. If present, it is inactive when > X is running. I am not sure about it. Each time I switch to one of the consoles (CTRL+ALT+Fn) the mouse works just fine although the X server is running on F7 or F8

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread rhkramer
On Thursday, May 27, 2021 02:18:02 PM James Wallen wrote: > BTW, Greg, I'd like to express my appreciation for wooledge.org and so > much other information you've provided the community. It's a remarkable > resource. +1

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 27 May 2021 18:47:04 +0100 mick crane wrote: > > Is there not a program required to do that mouse, click, drag, > > select ? I recall with various installations that worked then it > > didn't and it worked after installing "g something something" > > It might have been "d something som

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Thu, 27 May, 2021 at 18:38:55 +0100, mick crane wrote: > > Is there not a program required to do that mouse, click, drag, select ? > I recall with various installations that worked then it didn't and it worked > after installing "g something something" That would be gpm. I haven't seen it in t

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread James Wallen
On 5/27/21 2:14 PM, IL Ka wrote: "gpm" ? I believe this is a mouse server for the virtual terminal running in the virtual console (aka "text mode") X11 uses its own mouse drivers. In modern versions they are based on libinput. There are several types of "clipboard" in X11: one is called "PR

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread James Wallen
On 5/27/21 1:59 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 06:47:04PM +0100, mick crane wrote: Is there not a program required to do that mouse, click, drag, select ? I recall with various installations that worked then it didn't and it worked after installing "g something something" It

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 09:14:23PM +0300, IL Ka wrote: > > > > > > "gpm" ? > > > > I believe this is a mouse server for the virtual terminal running in the > virtual console (aka "text mode") > X11 uses its own mouse drivers. In modern versions they are based on > libinput. Yeah. gpm is for the

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread IL Ka
> > > "gpm" ? > I believe this is a mouse server for the virtual terminal running in the virtual console (aka "text mode") X11 uses its own mouse drivers. In modern versions they are based on libinput. There are several types of "clipboard" in X11: one is called "PRIMARY selection" and another is

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread James Wallen
On 5/27/21 1:47 PM, mick crane wrote: It might have been "d something something" with a g in there. Was definitely 3 letters and began with a "g" or a "d". "gpm" ? I know. I can never remember its name when I want to install it on someone's system.

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 06:47:04PM +0100, mick crane wrote: > > Is there not a program required to do that mouse, click, drag, select ? > > I recall with various installations that worked then it didn't and it > > worked after installing "g something something" > > It might have been "d something

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread mick crane
On 2021-05-27 18:38, mick crane wrote: On 2021-05-27 16:48, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 05:21:28PM +0200, fran...@libero.it wrote: I installed a Debian 10 (32 bit) on an old PC desktop and I saw that the terminals (UX) doesn't have any menu above. How can I obtain a terminal

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread mick crane
On 2021-05-27 16:48, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 05:21:28PM +0200, fran...@libero.it wrote: I installed a Debian 10 (32 bit) on an old PC desktop and I saw that the terminals (UX) doesn't have any menu above. How can I obtain a terminal window with menu above so that for examp

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread IL Ka
> > > XFCE > Right click on the terminal, preferences, appearance. Choose "display toolbar" https://i.imgur.com/1kLAsVd.png > >

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread Erwan David
Le 27/05/2021 à 18:30, Greg Wooledge a écrit : > On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 12:09:30AM +0800, Robbi Nespu wrote: >> On 5/27/21 11:21 PM, fran...@libero.it wrote: >>> How can I obtain a terminal window with menu above so that for example I >>> can copy or paste commands etc.? >>> >> Copying >> ---

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 12:09:30AM +0800, Robbi Nespu wrote: > On 5/27/21 11:21 PM, fran...@libero.it wrote: > > How can I obtain a terminal window with menu above so that for example I > > can copy or paste commands etc.? > > > > Copying > --- > select the text with mouse on terminal and Ctr

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread Hans
Am Donnerstag, 27. Mai 2021, 18:09:30 CEST schrieb Robbi Nespu: Or click the mouse wheel, this will insert the last marked text automatically. > On 5/27/21 11:21 PM, fran...@libero.it wrote: > > How can I obtain a terminal window with menu above so that for example I > > can copy or paste commands

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread Robbi Nespu
On 5/27/21 11:21 PM, fran...@libero.it wrote: How can I obtain a terminal window with menu above so that for example I can copy or paste commands etc.? Copying --- select the text with mouse on terminal and Ctrl+Shift+C for copy the text Pasting Copy text on terminal or somewher

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread IL Ka
> > How can I obtain a terminal window with menu above so that for example I > can copy or paste commands etc.? > Which desktop environment / window manager are you using? https://wiki.debian.org/DesktopEnvironment >

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread Dan Ritter
fran...@libero.it wrote: > I installed a Debian 10 (32 bit) on an old PC desktop and I saw that the > terminals (UX) doesn't have any menu above. > > How can I obtain a terminal window with menu above so that for example I can > copy or paste commands etc.? > > Many thanks for the help and reg

Re: About Terminal on Buster

2021-05-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 05:21:28PM +0200, fran...@libero.it wrote: > I installed a Debian 10 (32 bit) on an old PC desktop and I saw that the > terminals (UX) doesn't have any menu above. > > How can I obtain a terminal window with menu above so that for example I can > copy or paste commands et