From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 22 20:09:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA12689 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 20:09:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au [129.78.129.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA12684 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 20:08:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au) Received: (from dawes@localhost) by rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (8.8.5/8.8.2) id NAA20772; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 13:08:00 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19981023130800.C20302@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 13:08:00 +1000 From: David Dawes To: anthony.kimball@east.sun.com, nick.hibma@jrc.it Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd-hackers-digest V4 #284 References: <199810220934.CAA14452@hub.freebsd.org> <13871.53235.791265.644032@avalon.east> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <13871.53235.791265.644032@avalon.east>; from Tony Kimball on Thu, Oct 22, 1998 at 07:40:45PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Oct 22, 1998 at 07:40:45PM -0500, Tony Kimball wrote: >: > >: > USB has the ability to accept more than one keyboard and more than one >: > mouse. I would like to be able to boot a machine and have login prompts >: > appear on multiple screens: A proper multi-user system. > >On the subject of multiple mice: > >I'd like to be able to grab objects with two mice and rotate them in >three dimensions. I can do this today with FBSD, but X doesn't support >two mice. The XInput extension allows more than one pointing device, but the application needs to be XInput-aware to make use of it. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message