Two Finger Right Click on late G4 iBook with USB Trackpad?

I learned that with OSX Version 10.4.7 it is possible to use the two-finger-click instead of ctrl-click for right-clicking. But this only works on the new Intel Macbooks/Pro. Well, this is nice.
For older Laptops with ADB-Trackpad there is a freeware program called iScroll2 which also provides this feature.
For the late 2005 G4 iBooks with USB-trackpads there is apparently nothing:
The feature doesn't come with 10.4.7 here and iScroll2 is ADB-only.
On the one hand I don't really get the problem here, why these machines are not supported.
Since there is no announcement from apple it seems that they are just not interested in supporting computers which have been sold till not even a year ago.
If Apple is definitely not planning to support this in the future I would at least expect that they publish the source for the USB-driver so that the open source communitiy can take care of the problem.
G4 Ibook, among others Mac OS X (10.4.7)

have you tried installing iScroll? I'm pretty sure it
should work...by USB trackpad are you referring to a
trackpad plugged in to your USB port?!? (".)
Maybe I didn't explain it clearly enough in my OP:
The late G4 iBooks have a "Apple Internal Trackpad" which is a USB-Device, whereas older models sport an ADB-trackpad. In the late iBooks ADB is no longer present.
On the iScroll2 page (http://iscroll2.sourceforge.net/) you will find the following information:
"Models that have two-finger scrolling already built-in are not supported! These use a completely different, USB-based trackpad, the driver or which is not available as open source. iScroll2 is based on Apple's AppleADBMouse-209.0.10 driver for the ADB-based trackpads found on older models, which is available as part of the publicly released Darwin source code.."
So again: The feature mentioned in the topic is not provided by Apple, nor is the USB driver source code publicly available making it quite unlikely the OSS community will come up with a solution.

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Hi guys,
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Sidetrack will allow the right click, however, I believe you lose your ability to two-finger scroll.
The FAQ states:
Q: Does SideTrack support two-finger scrolling on MacBooks and late-model PowerBooks and iBooks (2005 and later)?
A: Two-finger scrolling is a feature of the Apple driver for the USB trackpad hardware found in Apple laptops manufactured after 2005. Installing SideTrack will override the Apple driver and switch the trackpad to SideTrack's features. Support for two-finger scrolling on USB trackpads is being investigated and may appear in a future SideTrack release.
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To say the least, this is annoying. The two-finger scrolling still works fine. I am now using an external mouse but I'd like to get the right click back without resorting to the control key.
Any ideas? Thanks!

MacBook pro forums:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1293

[Solved] Two Finger Right Click not working properly

When I use two fingers to perform a right click for example in chrome, then the context menu appears only for a blink of an eye and disappears directly again. (The issue appears independently from the application - I checked that)
Here is my synclient configuration:
LeftEdge = 1310
RightEdge = 4826
TopEdge = 2220
BottomEdge = 4636
FingerLow = 25
FingerHigh = 30
MaxTapTime = 180
MaxTapMove = 218
MaxDoubleTapTime = 180
SingleTapTimeout = 180
ClickTime = 100
EmulateMidButtonTime = 0
EmulateTwoFingerMinZ = 282
EmulateTwoFingerMinW = 7
VertScrollDelta = 99
HorizScrollDelta = 99
VertEdgeScroll = 0
HorizEdgeScroll = 0
CornerCoasting = 0
VertTwoFingerScroll = 1
HorizTwoFingerScroll = 1
MinSpeed = 1
MaxSpeed = 1.75
AccelFactor = 0.0403307
TouchpadOff = 0
LockedDrags = 0
LockedDragTimeout = 5000
RTCornerButton = 0
RBCornerButton = 0
LTCornerButton = 0
LBCornerButton = 0
TapButton1 = 0
TapButton2 = 0
TapButton3 = 0
ClickFinger1 = 1
ClickFinger2 = 3
ClickFinger3 = 2
CircularScrolling = 0
CircScrollDelta = 0.1
CircScrollTrigger = 0
CircularPad = 0
PalmDetect = 0
PalmMinWidth = 10
PalmMinZ = 200
CoastingSpeed = 20
CoastingFriction = 50
PressureMotionMinZ = 30
PressureMotionMaxZ = 160
PressureMotionMinFactor = 1
PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1
GrabEventDevice = 0
TapAndDragGesture = 1
AreaLeftEdge = 0
AreaRightEdge = 0
AreaTopEdge = 0
AreaBottomEdge = 0
HorizHysteresis = 8
VertHysteresis = 8
ClickPad = 0
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EDIT:
Using xev and performing a right click results in
EnterNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x0, time 563652, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyInferior, same_screen YES,
focus YES, state 1024
KeymapNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 4294967263 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LeaveNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x0, time 563673, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyInferior, same_screen YES,
focus YES, state 1024
ButtonPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x1e00002, time 563673, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
state 0x0, button 3, same_screen YES
EnterNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x0, time 563673, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyInferior, same_screen YES,
focus YES, state 1024
KeymapNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 4294967263 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ButtonPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x1e00002, time 563693, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
state 0x400, button 1, same_screen YES
ButtonRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x1e00002, time 563693, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
state 0x500, button 3, same_screen YES
ButtonRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x1e00002, time 563812, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
state 0x100, button 1, same_screen YES
LeaveNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x0, time 563772, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyInferior, same_screen YES,
focus YES, state 0
Last edited by gladixy (2014-09-21 20:44:27)

Instead of using execution statements involving
synclient
on startup of X I'm now using /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf for configuring my settings. This solved the problem.
I realized by the way that in my former setup no matter how many fingers I used for pressing down the ClickPad it did always perform a normal click in addition. That is why the context menu disappeared right away: It performed a mixture of a right and left click.
@Head_on_a_Stick: No Problem, your attempt to help is much appreciated
Last edited by gladixy (2014-09-21 16:33:11)

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