Flavio Castelli

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May 5, 2006 - 1 minute read - Comments - howto

iBook mouse emulation

In this really small guide you’ll discover howto enable mouse button emulation on a iBook G4 running linux

Target:

I just wanted to enable mouse button emulation on my iBook using the following shortcuts:

fn + ctrl = middle mouse button
fn + alt = left mouse button

Requisites:

You’ve to enable CONFIG_MAC_EMUMOUSEBTN in your kernel.

Commands:

In order to enable this shortcut at every boot add the following lines to your /etc/sysctl.conf:

dev.mac_hid.mouse_button_emulation = 1
dev.mac_hid.mouse_button2_keycode = 97
dev.mac_hid.mouse_button3_keycode = 100

Simple, isn’t it?

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