You can read the contents of a virtual console via the /dev/vcs interface. It looks like you can use an IOCTL to emulate the "writing" of characters to /dev/vcs to emulate the mouse function. It's probable that the underlying mechanisms have changed in kernel 2.5/2.6. On 11/01/02 10:38 AM -0800, Jason Fayre wrote: > Hello, > Has anyone figured out any magical way of cutting and pasting between > virtual consoles in Linux? I know it is possible with the mouse and it is > supported by the linux console driver. But, I don't think there is any > keyboard equivalent. -- Henry Yen Aegis Information Systems, Inc. Senior Systems Programmer Hicksville, New York _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list