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LJ Germain
Asked: 2019-11-28 11:25:29 +0800 CST

How do I enable scrolling with a mouse in a TTY in Ubuntu?

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When I use gpm with a mouse in a TTY (ctrl+alt+f1), it allows mouse movements with a blinking cursor and such but scrolling with my mouse wheel doesn't cause any visible changes. How do I enable scrolling with my mouse in a TTY in Ubuntu?

Edit: My Ubuntu version is 19.10.

command-line mouse tty scrolling 19.10

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  1. I have a workaround for you. You can run your tty remotely from inside of your pseudo-terminal. This will let you see everything that is displayed on the tty output (like SSH.)

    You can run tmux in tty to start a session. The id will be displayed in the bottom left corner of tty.

    Now go back to tty1 aka the desktop. From any terminal, run

    tmux attach -t <id>

    Replace with the id from above.

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