Can't right click on Mac using any intuitive method

Why is a sane default configuration dependant on SHM being on? This config can easily be put into xorg.conf or the driver itself.

I guess it really doesn't. I figured making it configurable would resolve the problem best, but it can be done without doing that...

A fix is still needed for the release version of 7.10. Also, the keymap for the delete(backspace) is wrong for most applications.

Patches welcome.

..although LP shows this bug with zero subscribers, so I'm not sure how we are going to get any user input..

This problem persists in Hardy, alpha 5...I can't find the way I worked around this in Gutsy, even. Any ideas?

On Interpid the right click on my MacBook is simulated automatically by using 3 fingers tapping! (I didn't know you could catch an event with three fingers) and the middle click is simulated by using 2 fingers tapping. Although I would like to be like OSX (2 fingers -> right click), I am happy that at least it is usable.

I'm using Intrepid, and I still haven't found any way to right-click. Two- or three-finger tapping doesn't work; that is, tapping doesn't work at all for me, not even for left-clicks. I've looked through lots of forums, but nothing seems to work for me.

I'm using a next-gen macbook.

I located a document by Debian including a suggestion (below) of using the left side Command key for the right mouse button. I've never used a macbook myself; can you folks share your feelings on this idea?

http://wiki.debian.org/MacBook:
"I like the Left side "Command" key on my keyboard as the third mouse button, here's how I did it:
    * Start gnome-terminal
    * Run xev, it will display the X11 events it picks up
    * Locate the keycode of the key you want to use:
          o Press the key you want locate and locate the KeyPress event in gnome-terminal
          o Write down the keycode of the keyevent
    * Run xmodmap -e "keycode 115 = Pointer_Button3" to update your keyboard map (for this login session only)
    * Add to gnome-session-properties to enable every session. "

I've also forwarded this idea upstream to xkeyboard-config for their feedback. In googling around for other alternative suggestions, there were also ideas to use Fn + Ctrl + Click, but I'm not sure that addresses the discoverability issue as well. Any other preferences for remapping?

(Fwiw, in googling around on this topic, there certainly is a considerable amount of confusion among users on how to right-click.)