[ale] USB on Linux?

Dunlap, Randy randy.dunlap at intel.com
Thu Oct 7 13:30:48 EDT 1999


I think there are 2 answers to this.

You can use multiple USB keyboards and mice now (2.3.x),
but they are all merged into the same input stream
(all keyboards; all mice).  This won't exactly
give you a 2-user system.

My (limited) understanding is that there is some
X work going on in this area, but I'm not keeping
up with that.  I don't know when it might be ready.

~Randy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: byron at cc.gatech.edu [mailto:byron at cc.gatech.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 10:26 AM
> To: randy.dunlap at intel.com
> Cc: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] USB on Linux?
> 
> 
> Let me get my USB question in too.
> 
> Will X support an extra USB keyboard now? I have visions of 
> adding a second
> mouse, KB, video card, and monitor to add a second desktop to 
> my system.
> 
> Can that be done? I know that everything but the KB can be done fairly
> easily...
> 
> 
> 
> BAJ
> 






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