Re: Bug#137790: procps: For powerpc, add mouse emulation lines to default sysctl.conf
On Die, 2002-03-12 at 03:32, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 00:21, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 10:37, Craig Small wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 09:04:18PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On the powerpc mailing list, we get a question about every month on how
> > > > to do mouse button emulation. It's so common because all Macs, out of the
> > > > box, have a one-button mouse.
> > > >
> > > > When installing procps for the first time on a powerpc,
> > > > could you create the following sysctl.conf?
> > >
> > > Is that possible? I thought all files were the same (except binaries
> > > of course).
> >
> > A debconf interface for mouse button emulation setup would be really
> > nice. :)
>
> Not really possible as showkey can behave weirdly under X, so would
> probably every other way of getting the Linux keycode.
>
> However if you know a good way of getting the Linux keycode (maybe the
> event devices ?), I'm up for adding support for it to the powermac-utils
> (that I'll package some day soon).
The event interface is exactly what I was thinking of. If you need
example code, check out the ruby module from linuxconsole CVS on sf.net.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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