gpm: gpm (general purpose mouse server) gpm: gpm: The general purpose mouse server, or gpm, allows you to use the mouse gpm: to cut and paste text from the screen. It also acts as a mouse gpm: server for applications running on the Linux console, such as the gpm: Midnight Commander file manager. gpm: gpm: NOTE: This program may cause problems when you start X on systems gpm: that do not use a serial mouse. If you get an 'unable to open mouse gpm: device' error from X, disable /etc/rc.d/rc.gpm. gpm: