On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 09:19:13AM -0400, Christopher Cox wrote:
-> >
-> > Well, so the hardware allows you to have several _screens_.
-> >
-> > Now, what about input ? Several mouses are supported too,
-> > but AFAIK you can't have several keyboards in a PC, and each
-> > X server probably needs one ...
-> >
->
-> Thanks for your concern Jean, but I only need to display some real-time
-> data. While X has hooks for input, I do not think it is a necessity.
Then you may want to look at a multi-headed display instead of multiple
servers. A multiheaded display merges several physical displays into one
logical one. As you move the rodent around, the pointer goes from display
to display. Windows can show up on one or several displays, etc.
metro X has had multi-headed display capability for the Matrox Millenium
card for years; they may have extended the list of supported
cards. Xfree86 may now include multi-headed displays, I haven't checked.
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