Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2022 02:43:46 +0000 (UTC) From: doug@safeport.com To: Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: running FreeBSD on an iMac - solved - well sorta Message-ID: <e14f88a-c760-b394-9fc8-57726a4a889d@safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXjkd9BwK-2w_-RiQjeeoYFg8WcpPwDWRx4_xF1UoKgzqiw@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.2212201107030.24756@bucksport.safeport.com> <2193562.sMrx5ctUpN@curlew> <alpine.BSF.2.00.2212201519360.24756@bucksport.safeport.com> <6dacac24-722b-3148-4fe-4f925ad32840@safeport.com> <ed99d3c-4f4a-4fb9-8898-62b3eb799554@safeport.com> <CAFYkXjkEZEh3Eothui861hcqy6=PPFbrAJztO35sOvoQfB4o-w@mail.gmail.com> <20221223003129.15a7958b.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAFYkXjkd9BwK-2w_-RiQjeeoYFg8WcpPwDWRx4_xF1UoKgzqiw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2022, Tomek CEDRO wrote: > also some new magic mouses have trackpad like on top cover so you can gently press two > fingers (like trackpad two finger tap) to emulate right click.. as there is no 2 or 3 button > or even scroll those actions are done with that trackpad stuff pretty cool :-) > > -- > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info This may be the answer to the only thing I do not have working now (the middle button). neither xclip or any of the other x-based program worked for me. If someone wants to try this, you come out with a pretty awesome workstation. I had no idea there was a fairly large body of expertise, both here on questions and there is a Wiki on installing FreeBSD as a (if not the) native OS. In my case it may not have mattered that I wiped out a good deal of the Mac-X bios as the system my neighbor gave me was circa 2006. Apple would not long update it past Catalina or perhaps the version prior to that. So it was this or recycling. Everything other than the mouse middle button pretty much just worked. Since I use XFCE, using the terminal app in place of xterm and remembering it is the control, not the command keys to do cut and paste gives me everything except a clipboard. So no history. I will eventually try a mouse with programmable buttons when I next buy a mouse. I really appreciate all the feedback and wish I had asked some question before just jumping in. I tried configuring the mouse daemon with no success and clipman (the XFCE clip board app) does not recognize the mouse. Anyway thanks again and Happy New Year. Doug
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