From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 14 11:16:21 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE0A416A419 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:16:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC79313C47E for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:16:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so127328rvb for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:16:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=HvFfJoumIf6G5Nu5M9uxzxoWcERt+oz0cn6tlNtfNZE=; b=UBEEc6XpJJo5VpYrjTOL2MBoKxk+P6sCteiJwcKFSiLvsQUWBcvTkeio8TxKHYeXsO3US+DiO4X11ii62utilDfRQEu8adftcVzaq/Kd+n04aM2u2dwnw1vUPCt9TzLF3XIKVxm8kBGh5pwD2GuEpPVrtxfXSSLtey+Xtbm+rxE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=enOQ2tMw9sPqdglO2/PAdYyrQpeHwZA+6WsSfnRcrYkoM0fh3bN5S2AtOcgi2ZBHN6DeLwGcXw/fBXhkmEUbo2tjZ6xu0ui3VhFeSsvZWnMIAzpEncAfZpgILWLcZu8v1nKQJFu1SoRxTGU169Oo+/a/VZxyzl8KSXODX4TlpXE= Received: by 10.141.2.19 with SMTP id e19mr161741rvi.1195037470951; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:51:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from saraswathy.susmita.org ( [59.92.36.50]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c14sm1193272rvf.2007.11.14.02.51.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:51:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by saraswathy.susmita.org (Postfix, from userid 1002) id ACF71143E7; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:20:55 +0530 (IST) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:20:55 +0530 From: Girish Venkatachalam To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071114105055.GA10794@saraswathy.susmita.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <1b4e25200711131141h6ef5fde5ub64d5e2660366a05@mail.gmail.com> <20071114012358.GA2700@saraswathy.susmita.org> <200711141421.02872.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200711141421.02872.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Subject: Re: How to read events from usb keyboard/mouse X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:16:22 -0000 On 14:20:51 Nov 14, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > Couldn't you just run N copies of X (one for each head) and tell them > which mouse & keyboard device to use in each config file? > > ie don't use sysmouse or kbdmux. Try it. If it works let us know. :) Very unlikely. Nowadays all X display managers supply multiseat. So this might not be too much of a problem if the mouse and keyboard events are kept separated at the kernel level. But AFAIK muxing is hard to "fix"... regards, Girish