How do I do right clicks on iBook G4?

10.04 mouse mac apple

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Solution 1

I found it.

You need to edit the scrip that they talk about her to mimic right clicking, not middle clicking. Here are the steps.

Install mouseemu:
```
sudo apt-get install mouseemu
```
edit the /etc/default/mouseemu file:
```
sudo nano /etc/default/mouseemu
```

Then add this to the file:

RIGHT_CLICK="-right 125 272"      # Left Apple Key (LEFTMETA) + click

Do everything else the same as the forum post.

I hope this helps folks.

Reference: Ubuntu Forums: i can't right click

Solution 2

There are instructions in Ubuntu Wiki (see topic "Trackpad").

Basically, you can map right click to two finger click by modifying system preferences and /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf:

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "touchpad catchall"
    MatchIsTouchpad "on"
    MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
    Driver "synaptics"

    Option "FingerLow" "10"
    Option "FingerHigh" "20"
EndSection

To achieve familiar behavior with the Apple trackpad go to System -> Preferences -> Mouse and select the Touchpad tab. Select Disable touchpad while typing. Deselect Enable mouse clicks with touchpad. Select Two-finger scrolling.

(quote from wiki)

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Dorje

Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

Dorje over 1 year

I can't figure out how I allow my iBook to right click in Ubuntu. It's one big button; so, I used to hold Option and click. I'm willing to do that, but I can't figure out how. Unless, of course, I've completely let the noob out and one doesn't right click in Ubuntu.

Thanks for the help!
Dorje about 13 years

That would work for a MacBook, but I'm looking for an iBook G4, which was before synaptic, two-finger clicking. To right-click on the Mac OS X, one had to press Option and then click.
Olli about 13 years

Oh crap. My bad. Another option: help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook3-1/… (section "Middle&Right Click with Left&Right Cmd Keys"). It's for Intrepid, but you could try it with newer Ubuntu too.
Dorje about 13 years

Nope...that's for an even new laptop. MacBook is before iBook.
Olli about 13 years

@user11694: yes, I know that. However, most probably keycodes for control buttons are same for MacBook and iBook.
hmijail mourns resignees over 7 years

With Lubuntu 16.04 freshly installed on an iBook G4, the two-finger tap doesn't work by default.