2+ local x users (clarification of issuse)

[Adam H. <ada...@gm...>]

I'm just trying to clarify what the issuses are surrounding having one
computer with multiple monitors, keyboards and mice serve multiple users localy.

Video -- This seems to have been solved by the new wonderful framebuffer
layer.  Two or more VT's with their associated framebuffers and xservers.

Mice -- We can have more then one mouse control a single pointer but how do
we get mouse 1 on VT1, mouse 2 on VT2, etc...

Keyboards -- This seems to be the major issue.  IIRC the code for handling
the keyboard is deeply rooted in XF86's codebase (correct me if I am wrong). 
It was never intended that a single box would have more then one keyboard
connected.  [Is anyone working on this?  Are there any theoretical
soutions/hacks/clean-fixes?]

Sound --  Not really a primary goal but most likelly this is doable.

Floppy/CDROM Access -- Also not a primary goal but with USB hardware and
symlinks this can most likelly be done.


Thank you for all your help.  Any corrections, thoughts, flames, rants, etc.
would be gladly accepted.

--adam (obsessed multiheaded crackhead)


I *KNOW* this is possible it just may take some (tons of) work. 

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