Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:09:18 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@ixsystems.com> To: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: questions about adb_mouse on 9-stable. Message-ID: <513E1DCE.4090002@ixsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHSQbTDtsCe=zRgpDBbU4YUEiA%2B-czgH1tg_Vw2TgRbAV9KGmA@mail.gmail.com> References: <513E142D.50404@ixsystems.com> <CAHSQbTDtsCe=zRgpDBbU4YUEiA%2B-czgH1tg_Vw2TgRbAV9KGmA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 3/11/13 10:34 AM, Justin Hibbits wrote: > Hey Alfred, > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@ixsystems.com>wrote: > >> Hello freebsd-ppc & Nathan! >> >> I have FreeBSD ppc working on a g4 macbookpro 12in. >> >> It works pretty awesome. >> >> The only nit I have is the mouse has a funny bug where after I hit a mouse >> button, then the keyboard is unresponsive until I touch the trackpad to >> move the mouse. I'm wondering if there's a fix in place for this? >> > Yup, I filed a PR for this. The keyboard is unresponsive because it thinks > the mouse button is still down. My experience was only in X, but it may > also be on the console (PR powerpc/161045). Thanks Justin. I am seeing the same behavior, even on the console. > >> One other question, is there a way to make holding down another key + >> hitting mouse button act as 2nd and 3rd mouse buttons? Linux seems to have >> this feature: http://box.matto.nl/**linuxibook.html<http://box.matto.nl/linuxibook.html>look under "Pasting with one button mouse in Linux": >> >> The iBook comes with a single mouse button. This makes pasting a new >>> challenge. One solution: >>> >>> * edit /etc/sysctl.conf >>> * use Fn-Apple-Click to paste >>> >>> Put this in /etc/sysctl.conf: >>> >>> dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_**keycode = 125 >>> dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_**keycode = 126 >>> dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_**emulation = 1 >>> >> If there's no time for this, any pointers to get started will be good. >> >> -Alfred >> > There is a sysctl for this, I think it's dev.ams.0.tapping (something like > that). Eh, the results are spotty, it would be nice to be able to hold down a keyboard key versus tapping. -Alfred
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