Nicolas George <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris Green (HE12026-07-18): > > > export DISPLAY=:0 > > > xinput list > > > Ah, yes, that does it, thank you. I'm surprised it worked, I guess > > that xinput doesn't need to actually access the display, it just wants > > to know which display the mouse should work on. > > xinput needs to access the display, and for that the first thing it > needs to know is which display to access. > > You seem to have an inaccurate conception of how X11 clients work, I > recommend you read a little about it to avoid further misunderstanding > in these discussions. > Of course, since it is running on the same computer the X server is there and contactable, even though the display isn't visible. So xinput can be its client. I just hadn't thought it through properly.
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