Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 07:45:27 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: John Oxley <john@yoafrica.com>, freeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 2 keyboards, 2 mice, 2 monitors with 1 PC; possible? Message-ID: <43511607.9020506@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <20051015104143.GA16784@yoafrica.com> References: <20051014021137.32350.qmail@web36207.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <434F1DC2.3080902@ywave.com> <20051015104143.GA16784@yoafrica.com>
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John Oxley wrote: > On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 07:53:54PM -0700, Micah wrote: > >>Rob wrote: >> >>>>>xorg supports dual-head, which could be >>>>>a starting point. >>>> >>>>crw------- 1 root wheel 3, 63 Sep 11 15:52 >>>>/dev/kbd0 >>>>crw------- 1 root wheel 3, 195 Sep 11 15:52 >>>>/dev/kbd1 >>>>crw------- 1 root wheel 3, 31 Sep 11 15:52 >>>>/dev/sysmouse >>>> >> >>Check out >>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=+site:lists.freebsd.org+freebsd+multiple+keyboards >>A few minutes of reading suggests: >>FreeBSD recognizes multiple keyboards. >>Console can only accept input from one keyboard at a time. >>You can read input from the keyboard that is not in use. >>Setting up X may be tricky. > > > The tricky part of X will be to get one server to run on monitor A and > another to run on monitor B. > > You need to create two xorg.conf (or similar for XFree86) files, and > modify the "InputDevice" sections for the CorePointer and CoreKeyboard > sections for the second X server. > > The mouse one should be easy > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > just change that line. I presume the Keyboard section will have > something similar in it. > > I have no idea how you'd handle the two monitors though. > > -John > Don't forget to CC the list or the original poster will never benefit from your advice. Later, Micah
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