* On Fri Mar-04-2005 at 07:38:51 PM -0800, James Colannino said: > Ash Varma wrote: > > >It appears that on Mar 05 2005 at 09:00:51, A. Khattri wrote ... > > > >>A KVM switch with long cables??? > >> > > > >I think he is after something like a reverse KVM switch.. He wants 1 > >machine with dual monitors, keyboards and mice.. > > > > That's sorta right ;) I got some help from someone on another mailing > list so I'll share what I've learned. Basically I'm going to use one > regular PS/2 keyboard/mouse and another USB keyboard/mouse which I was > told X would detect automatically, and that if it doesn't, I can easily > add them to xorg.conf. I'm also going to have two monitors, one hooked > up to one video card and one hooked up to another. I'm then going to > configure X for dual display (do I need Xinerama for this?) The only > thing is that I'm not quite clear yet as to how I'm going to assign the > USB keyboard/mouse to the secondary display only while keeping the PS/2 > stuff and primary monitor completely seperate. I'll document this as I > go along as long as someone's interested.
There's at least one interested person... -- Sami Samhuri
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