This program is based on the "selection" package, and allows you to use the mouse to cut and paste text from the screen. It also acts as a mouse server for applications running on the Linux console, such as the Midnight Commander and dialog. A second program, gpm-root, provides pull down menus to be called up by pressing Ctrl+mouse-key.
NOTE: This program may cause problems when you start X on a system that does not use a serial mouse. If you get an 'unable to open mouse device' error from X, disable gpm.