Ximian and my status

[Jay Contonio]

thanks a ton.  Now the last thing I need to know before I try running 
linux for a week straight is how to get the graphics to be crisp on 
this iBook....it's kinda choppy and I've been trying to figure this out 
for a while.

On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 03:02  AM, Ryan Boder wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 10:05:51PM -0700, Jay Contonio wrote:
>> Oh and I've been search high and low for the mouse emulation combo's 
>> on an
>> iBook...I seem to have a few down but the normal right click I can't 
>> get.
>> I want that damn fish off of my panel.
>
> The way I do it is to add the lines
>
> echo 68 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode
> echo 87 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode
>
> to my /etc/rc.local file. That sets middle mouse click to F10 and right
> mouse click to F11 on an iBook keyboard when the system boots. If you 
> want
> to use different keys, use the command
>
> showkey
>
> to find out the keycodes of the keys you want to use. Run the command 
> as
> root and then while showkey is running press the keys you would like to
> emulate mouse buttons. The keycodes will be printed. This command 
> works best
> when X is not running, as sometimes X will intercept the key press 
> before
> showkey sees it.
>
> This method works, but there might be a better way to do it that I 
> don't
> know about. Perhaps a GUI way or something. I hope this helps though.
>
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>
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