sossego
Retired from the forums
Since X is independent of the base. Use this to enable a second pointer. You need to have Xorg 7.4+.
Add a second device.
Be sure that you have hal and dbus enabled.
Open a terminal.
Keep note of where each device is.
A new pointer is created.
Choose the device number you want.
How is this practical?
For virtual machines. A keyboard can also be attached to the new master.
For making nested servers and keeping small applications within.
Two or more people can use a screen to work on projects together.
At the end of your session, Xorg reverts to a single pointer.
Add a second device.
Be sure that you have hal and dbus enabled.
Open a terminal.
Code:
$ xinput list
Keep note of where each device is.
Code:
xinput create-master New
Code:
xinput list
Choose the device number you want.
Code:
xinput reattach <number of pointer you want to use> <number of second master>
How is this practical?
For virtual machines. A keyboard can also be attached to the new master.
For making nested servers and keeping small applications within.
Two or more people can use a screen to work on projects together.
At the end of your session, Xorg reverts to a single pointer.