On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 11:16:23 -0500 Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jack wrote: > > sys-libs/gpm perhaps? > > That should be the one. I have that installed and I use it on those > rare occasions when the GUI doesn't come up and I need to edit a > config file by pasting from a error to a file. It comes in handy > since typing it in manually could result in a typo etc. > > I keep mine in the default runlevel. However, if a person finds > themselves in the boot runlevel, just start the gpm service. I've > never seen it depend on anything else so it should start with no > problem even in a otherwise broken system. It should start even if > in single user mode. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
Doing some playing with various desktops at the moment trying to get wayland and some other stuff to work. So I really useful thing to know. Thanks again. John
