Vim hang on start or Visual Select

strace -p VIM-PID

Process XXXXX attached - interrupt to quit
connect(4, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/dev/gpmctl"}, 13

ps ax | grep gpm

kill gpm
killall vim - or similar


for GPM can use more standard way:

The name here may be different:
/etc/rc.d/rc.gpm stop


stop GPM from running, next time you restart

( putting "mouse=" in .vimrc or changing locales not Help)

Have nice day