I'm unable to right-click on my iMac G5 (PPC)

Of course this issue happens for the most obvious reason: there is no freaking right click button on the darn Apple mouse :slight_smile: Anyway, this iMac is currently running Lubuntu 16.04 and Iā€™m planning to install Ubuntu MATE on it in the near future, but I assume Iā€™ll have the same issue thenā€¦? Is there any way that Iā€™ll be able to rightclick with the original mouse? Or should I really connect a ā€œnormalā€ mouse (with two buttons)? Or, I donā€™t know, maybe a ā€œcombination clickā€, as in: pressing ctrl or alt or the command key (āŒ˜) and clicking at the same time? Can it be configured? Or is there maybe another way? Thanks

Short answer: Connect a normal mouse:slight_smile:

Long answer: If you must use the one button mouse, then (from the PowerPC FAQ) install ā€œmouseemuā€.

sudo apt install mouseemu

Once installed, run as superuser

sudo mouseemu

Then, F12 is right click and F11 is middle click.

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mouseemu would work, but I believe in Ubuntu proper there are other ways to do it - https://help.ubuntu.com/16.04/ubuntu-help/a11y-right-click.html and http://askubuntu.com/questions/331605/simulate-right-click-in-laptop . No idea if these work with Mate or Lubuntu Iā€™m afraid.

mousetweaks should work I think e.g. from the terminal

mousetweaks --ssc

This is not yet neatly integrated into the accessability options of Mate as far as i know, but I am happy to be corrected.

You can also do a keyboard solution with xmodmap.