GPM

Download Source:	ftp://arcana.linux.it/pub/gpm/gpm-1.20.1.tar.bz2
Required Patch:	http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/svn/gpm-1.20.1-segfault-1.patch
Required Patch:	http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/svn/gpm-1.20.1-silent-1.patch

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Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

patch -Np1 -i ../gpm-1.20.1-segfault-1.patch &&
patch -Np1 -i ../gpm-1.20.1-silent-1.patch &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
LDFLAGS="-lm" make

Install the package

make install &&
cp -v conf/gpm-root.conf /etc &&
ldconfig

Multilib

32Bit

Compile the package:

patch -Np1 -i ../gpm-1.20.1-segfault-1.patch &&
patch -Np1 -i ../gpm-1.20.1-silent-1.patch &&
CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
LDFLAGS="-lm" make

Install the package

make install &&
ldconfig

N32

Compile the package:

patch -Np1 -i ../gpm-1.20.1-segfault-1.patch &&
patch -Np1 -i ../gpm-1.20.1-silent-1.patch &&
CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib32 &&
LDFLAGS="-lm" make

Install the package

make install &&
ldconfig

64Bit

Compile the package:

patch -Np1 -i ../gpm-1.20.1-segfault-1.patch &&
patch -Np1 -i ../gpm-1.20.1-silent-1.patch &&
CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib64 &&
LDFLAGS="-lm" make

Install the package

make install &&
cp -v conf/gpm-root.conf /etc &&
ldconfig

Configuring GPM

BootScript

Install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm init script included in the blfs-bootscripts package.

make install-gpm

Config FIles

/etc/gpm-root.conf and ~/.gpm-root: The default and individual user gpm-root configuration files.

/etc/sysconfig/mouse: This file contains the name of your mouse device and the protocol which it uses. To create this file, run the following as the root user:

cat > /etc/sysconfig/mouse << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/sysconfig/mouse

MDEVICE="<yourdevice>"
PROTOCOL="<yourprotocol>"
GPMOPTS="<additional options>"

# End /etc/sysconfig/mouse
EOF

Configuration Information

Examples of values to set MDEVICE, PROTOCOL, and GPMOPTS to are:

MDEVICE="/dev/psaux"
PROTOCOL="imps2"
GPMOPTS=""

A list of which protocol values are known can be found by running gpm -m [device] -t -help. The MDEVICE setting depends on which type of mouse you have. For example, /dev/ttyS0 for a serial mouse (on Windows this is COM1), /dev/input/mice is often used for USB mice and /dev/psaux for PS2 mice. GPMOPTS is the 'catch all' for any additional options that are needed for your hardware.