-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/29/08 11:25, Frans Pop wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 05/29/08 09:35, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> I'm not sure how one would know that most people don't >>> use the console. I, for one, use it a lot. But even > > I work mainly in consoles too but I have no use at all for gpm as my > consoles are normally all in a graphical environment (KDE's konsole, either > local or ssh sessions).
????? The console is The Console, the keyboard and monitor directly (or via a KVM switch) connected to the computer. >> Amen. This is Debian, not Ubuntu. > > Correct. Which means we have cluefull users who know how to run 'apt-get > install gpm' if they are heavy VT users. :-D Which I did many years ago. But it would still make it easier for us dual-use people, and not affect only-gooey users, if gpm were the default. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "I must acknowledge, once and for all, that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis.", Mr. Spock -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIPuZHS9HxQb37XmcRAq3vAJ0YHX9Y/5issNu/EJn0e0l93iLOWgCg4x3l os1HhbzIndBGN3JCXHaVn9I= =kiRw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]