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toshiba_chromebook_2 [21.11.2014 13:05] Pascal Sutertoshiba_chromebook_2 [21.11.2014 13:12] Pascal Suter
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   * touch a file called crouton.init in your downloads directory.    * touch a file called crouton.init in your downloads directory. 
 ===== simulate middle mouse button ===== ===== simulate middle mouse button =====
-on a normal trackpad you would simply click the left and right mouse key at the same time to simulate a center key klick, but the chromebook has only one button. so this leaves us with the mac solution: tap the pad with one finger for a left click, two fingers for a right click and.. you might guess it.. three fingers for the center click... you can enable this by opening a command prompt and running this command <code>synclient TapButton3=2</code> however, this command needs to be executed each time you start gnome.. so here's how to do that automatically: <code>echo synclient TapButton3=2 > ~/touchpad_settings.sh+on a normal trackpad you would simply click the left and right mouse key at the same time to simulate a center key klick, but the chromebook has only one button. so this leaves us with the mac solution: tap the pad with one finger for a left click, two fingers for a right click and.. you might guess it.. three fingers for the center click... you can enable this by opening a command prompt and running this command <code>synclient TapButton3=2</code> however, this command needs to be executed each time you start gnome.. so here's how to do that automatically: <code>echo "synclient TapButton3=2> ~/touchpad_settings.sh
 chmod +x ~/touchpad_settings.sh chmod +x ~/touchpad_settings.sh
 </code>use of course your own user name instead of psuter. now add touchpad_settings.sh to your startup appilcations through te settings gui.  </code>use of course your own user name instead of psuter. now add touchpad_settings.sh to your startup appilcations through te settings gui. 
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