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Mouse not working in fbterm; works in default Linux console and X #68

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Installed fbterm from Arch Linux package manager, configure as directed
2.Run fbterm in console
3.Try to move mouse

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
A mouse cursor is expected.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Arch Linux's package manager lists this as fbterm 1.7.0-5

Details from uname -a: 3.12.7-2-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jan 12 13:09:09 CET 
2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Please provide any additional information below.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=175930 - posted to Arch forum here.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fbterm - initially followed these 
instructions, everything works except mouse

gpm installed and works

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bolw...@gmail.com on 19 Jan 2014 at 5:32

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Fixed it.  It was a problem with how the Arch package is compiled.  The short 
explanation is you should not use pacman to install the package.  Use the ABS 
system. Youneed to add --enable-gpm to the package when you compile it. 

Details here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=175930

Original comment by bolw...@gmail.com on 16 Feb 2014 at 5:04