F11 and F12 don't act as mouse buttons 2 and 3

[Brian P Flaherty]

I selected xorg as the package because that was the package connected with another keyboard issue here. However, I'm not actually sure what package is responsible for translating F11 and F12 as mouse button 2 and 3, respectively. From the Mac Wiki's, it looks like this should be the default. I've also tried to set them with xmodmap, following various discussion group threads. Right now, F11 maximizes my screen.

Using up-to-date 10.10, gdm and awesome window manager.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1440x900 1280x854 1280x800 1280x720 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 848x480 720x480 640x480
 edid-base64: AP///////wAGEFecAAAAAAQQAQOAIhZ4Ct1ol1ZQhyYeTlEAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBnyWgQFGEDDBAIDMAS88QAAAZAAAAAQAGEDAAAAAAAAAAAAogAAAA/gBOMTU0QzEtTDAxCiAgAAAA/ABDb2xvciBMQ0QKICAgAN0=
Date: Wed Oct 13 12:16:22 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
MachineType: Apple Computer, Inc. MacBookPro1,1
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=54770c6e-6d07-4f25-bc6d-5ae4ee0b7f38 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
dmi.bios.date: 10/12/06
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP11.88Z.0055.B08.0610121325
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Mac-F425BEC8
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc.
dmi.board.version: PVT
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F425BEC8
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleComputer,Inc.:bvrMBP11.88Z.0055.B08.0610121325:bd10/12/06:svnAppleComputer,Inc.:pnMacBookPro1,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleComputer,Inc.:rnMac-F425BEC8:rvrPVT:cvnAppleComputer,Inc.:ct8:cvrMac-F425BEC8:
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro1,1
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic

[Brian P Flaherty (gmbxf4)]

I'm also using pommed 1.32, though I don't see anything in pommed.conf that looks like it would affect this.

[Brian P Flaherty (gmbxf4)]

When I run xev, trackpad button presses are labeled "button 1":

ButtonPress event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x100, subw 0x0, time 42159345, (5,119), root:(666,139),
    state 0x0, button 1, same_screen YES

ButtonRelease event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
    root 0x100, subw 0x0, time 42159389, (5,119), root:(666,139),
    state 0x100, button 1, same_screen YES

Similarly, when I have a USB 3-button mouse attached, right clicks are labeled "button 3" and middle clicks are "button 2." The USB 3 button mouse appears to work properly. I get a context menu with a right click and middle click pastes the last highlight.

But when I put "button 3" in .Xmodmap to assign it to keycode 96, I get an error in .xsession-errors. If I use Pointer_Button3 in .Xmodmap, I don't get an error, but those keys don't appear to do anything.