How to use mouse with mc in console

[hugo vanwoerkom]

Too much info. 1st: when booting linux and there is no
X, and you move the mouse, does the cursor move? Your
problem is not MC but gpm/X... Regards,


--- Peter Hugosson-Miller <hugge at netg.se> wrote:
> Still plodding on alone, as no-one here seems to
> have any suggestions.
> I have compared the broken system with one in which
> gpm and mc work
> well together. Everything looks the same except for
> two things:
> 
> First this:
> 
> #ls -l /dev/gpm*
> srwxrwxrwx    1 root   root            0 Apr  9
> 16:45 /dev/gpmctl
> prw-r--r--    1 root   root            0 Apr  9
> 16:47 /dev/gpmdata
> 
> Note the "p" in front of the gpmdata entry, and the
> fact that it has
> a size of 0 (compare the result below).
> 
> Then there's this:
> 
> #cat /dev/gpmctl
> cat: /dev/gpmctl: Invalid argument
> 
> Again, compare the result below.
> 
> I hope this might trigger a spark of understanding,
> and maybe even
> lead to a suggestion to a solution.
> 
> > 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?
> 
> --
> Cheers!
>    .~.
>    /V\
>   // \\
>  /(   )\
>   ^`~´^
> < hugge >
> 
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