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From: vikram ranade <ranade.vikram@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] two keyboards, two mouses, two monitors, one computer?
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 08:54:04
Message-Id: e9d6de20601070050l59a9f713waa3f6c18009db7ae@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] two keyboards, two mouses, two monitors, one computer? by Tom Eastman
1 it is definately do-able....i remember reading about this guy who did this
2 so that his g/f could use the comp at the same time..
3 have to dig out the article.....
4 Vikram Ranade
5
6 On 1/7/06, Tom Eastman <tom@×××××××××××.nz> wrote:
7 >
8 > I have a two-screen setup with X.
9 >
10 > Also, in addition to my usual keyboard and mouse, I have a cordless
11 > keyboard and mouse combo thingee. At the moment both keyboards work
12 > fine, and both mouses control the same pointer.
13 >
14 > It occurred to me that it would be very cool to be able to have one
15 > keyboard and mouse controlling a pointer on one of the monitors, and the
16 > other keyboard and mouse controlling the *other* monitor.
17 >
18 > Is this crazy talk?
19 >
20 > How can we make this happen?
21 >
22 > Thanks!
23 >
24 > Tom
25 >
26 > --
27 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
28 >
29 >

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[gentoo-user] Re: two keyboards, two mouses, two monitors, one computer? Tom Eastman <tom@×××××××××××.nz>