gpm and console questions

[Artem B. Bityuckiy]

Artem B. Bityuckiy wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I have several questions about gpm and linux console.
> 
> Sometimes I need copy something "into mouse" (I hope you understand what 
> I exactly mean) and paste this into linux console command line.
> Example: some programs isn't compiled. I use gcc -v, copy intermediate 
> gcc calls (as, ld) and paste them to command line. The pasted text is 
> large enough. I have two problems with this:
> 1. Insertion goes very slow! I need to wait about 20 seconds! My 
> hardware is good enough (P4-1800). Why so slow? How to accelerate this? 
> When I used RH7.x this was very fats. But in RH9 and FC1 - slow.
> 2. Sometimes lines are broken. E.g. I want to insert line "gcc 
> -L/include -o xxx.o", but two lines are inserted: "gcc -L/include" and 
> "-o xxx.o".
> 
> And the third: sometimes mouse cursor disappears (in text consoles). I'm 
> performing "/etc/init.d/gpm restart" to reload gpm. Why my gpm dies 
> sometimes? Where can I see logs?
> 
> May be some FAQ exists where I can read how to solve these 3 issues?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
Sorry, do anybody know about theese problems?

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Best Regards,
Artem B. Bityuckiy,
St.-Petersburg, Russia.