Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] "current" "console", how many in a system ?

[James S. <jsi...@li...>]

>Are you sure, i know there are some russian guy installing double headed
>X boxes, with 2 keyboard and such. It makes for less expensive boxes.

It must be a special X server. XFree86 uses the console system to get
key events by placing the keyboard in raw mode. With the current linux
console system all key events from the keyboard flow to the foreground
console. Their is only one foreground console with the current tree :-(

The second problem is with X itself. Thier is only one keymap whcih is
global to the X server. If you have two keyboards (one US and one greman)
you would need two different keymaps. Unfortunely as soon as one app would
change the keymap all the X cleints would be affected immediately. So X
cleints would find themselves in a constant state of flux with the keymap
:-(

>I should maybe look for the kernel patch about 2 keyboards on the ps/2
>connectors, and test that, or buy the 2 ps/2 -> USB connector and a new
>mouse.

Ruby tree already supports 2 ps/2 keyboards :-) It could be back ported
with some work. I will do that anyways for when 2.5.X comes out.

MS: (n) 1. A debilitating and surprisingly widespread affliction that
renders the sufferer barely able to perform the simplest task. 2. A disease.

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