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Old 12-29-2004, 10:36 AM   #1
Tuttle
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Twin setup: Two screens, two mice


Is it possible to have two seperate mouse pointers on two separate screens?

Here is my current server layout section:

Code:
# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerLayout"

    Identifier  "Simple Layout"
    Screen      0 "Screen0"
    Screen      1 "Screen1" #rightOf "Screen0" <-edited out for this exercise
    InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection
here are the mice:

Code:
# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option     "Protocol"      "Auto"
    Option "ZAxis Mapping" "4 5"
    Option "Resolution" "256"
    Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/mouse"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option     "Protocol"      "Auto"
    Option "ZAxis Mapping" "4 5"
    Option "Resolution" "256"
    Option "ScreenNumber" "1"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/input/mouse1"

EndSection
The screens are set up correctly (two separate x screens with no interraction possible "Screen0" :0.0 and "Screen1" :0.1 ) I just cannot find any way of sending a pointer to the second screen, it always controls the main pointer on the first screen. Any idea if I can make the second mouse control the second screen? This is, just an excercise btw!!

Last edited by Tuttle; 12-29-2004 at 10:38 AM.
 
Old 12-29-2004, 02:55 PM   #2
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Well, I've just been reading "man xorg.conf" (I didn't realise it existed!) and it seems it can't be done. The option "ScreenNumber" "1" is only for touch screens I thinks, and does not allow two pointers per server. I suppose I could start two servers, maybe I'll try it sometime.
 
Old 12-29-2004, 02:58 PM   #3
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no, while you can have two physical input devices, only one visible pointer can be created
 
  


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