I am about to do a custom installation of Ubuntu Desktop which requires some command line work. To save myself time, I created a text file of the commands I wanted to use un hope of copy-pasting them between tmux panes. Unfortunately, I am having trouble getting GPM to work.
In order to be able to install GPM, I added the universe repository, but after doing so I was able to install it.
When I run sudo systemctl enable gpm, I get a message that gpm is not a native service, redirecting to systemd-sysv-install.
When I run sudo systemctl start gpm, the service fails to start. Running journalctl -xe revealed a likely sounding error: cannot open/dev/mouse.
As /dev/mouse did not exist, I tried making symbolic links to the likely looking things that do exist /dev/input/mouse0 and /dev/input/mice/. I was then able to run enable gpm without error, but no cursor appeared. The pointer works fine in the GUI though.
A look at systemctl status gpm showed it still whining about /dev/mouse.
I have installed gpm in the Arch installer and it worked fine without any configuration. What do I have to do to configure the Ubuntu installer live usb to use gpm in the console?
Edit: Partial success!
If I run gpm -m /dev/input/mice or gpm -m /dev/input/mouse0 gpm activates but does not work correctly. By that I mean that mouse input elicits a response, but not the right one.
Moving the mouse does a combination of scrolling, selecting, and copy-pasting while mouse clicks and the scroll wheel have no effect.
OK I got it:
Start
gpm withgpm -m /dev/psaux -t ps2`For me that worked, so I added it to the config file
/etc/gpm.confgpm.conf:For other devices use
gpm -t helpto find a likely one. I have to admit it was not obvious to me that ps2 was the correct choice.