From ae7ffa9e9b9135928f67ba9fb28c9d6766bf7088 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 18:48:21 +0100 Subject: install: Run GPM. Suggested by Adam Pribyl at . * gnu/system/install.scm (installation-services): Add call to 'gpm-service'. * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Mention GPM. --- doc/guix.texi | 4 +++- gnu/system/install.scm | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 6a079477b1..896a8c8496 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5286,7 +5286,9 @@ Once you have successfully booted the image on the USB stick, you should end up with a root prompt. Several console TTYs are configured and can be used to run commands as root. TTY2 shows this documentation, browsable using the Info reader commands (@pxref{Help,,, info, Info: An -Introduction}). +Introduction}). The installation system runs the GPM mouse daemon, +which allows you to select text with the left mouse button and to paste +it with the middle button. To install the system, you would: diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm index 93a6f18c49..887bceb155 100644 --- a/gnu/system/install.scm +++ b/gnu/system/install.scm @@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ (define (normal-tty tty) (console-font-service "tty5") (console-font-service "tty6") + ;; To facilitate copy/paste. + (gpm-service) + ;; Since this is running on a USB stick with a unionfs as the root ;; file system, use an appropriate cache configuration. (nscd-service (nscd-configuration -- cgit v1.2.3