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RolandiXor
Asked: 2011-06-15 17:28:25 +0800 CST

Is there a gui application for managing multiple mice/keyboards?

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I remember a few years ago seeing an application for Fedora that allowed you to manage multiple mice or keyboards as separate input devices (based on multipointerx technology).

With this application you were able to tell the system to use two pointers (for example if you have a mouse and a touchpad), and to handle them as separate devices instead of having the same settings (I think) for each.

Unfortunately this program never did compile/work for me when I tried it, and I do not remember the name (nor have I been able to find it since then).

Does anyone know what I'm referring to, or know of a program that does this?

P.S. (I know how to use the xinput command already, so I don't want a commandline application as a suggestion).

xorg

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    9.04 only

    Roland, regarding your query Its was very much possible using a tool called

    gnome-device-setup

    I used it myself on 9.04

    http://bp0.blogger.com/_QPiOlFN2PF8/SHQ_MrOgVDI/AAAAAAAAAAU/07UeqCR4r7w/s320/gnome-device-setup.png

    You can see it in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS06QjHlrwk&feature=related

    Sadly, the links are broken http://people.freedesktop.org/~whot/gnome-device-setup

    This has been taken from http://who-t.blogspot.com/2008/07/gnome-device-setup.html

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  2. the gnome-device-setup seems to me like a frontend to xinput. With these commands you are able to create more virtual pointers:

    xinput list
xinput create-master <name>
xinput reattach <input-id> <pointer-id>  (id you can get from xinput list)

    have fun.

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