it is definately do-able....i remember reading about this guy who did this
so that his g/f could use the comp at the same time..
have to dig out the article.....
Vikram Ranade

On 1/7/06, Tom Eastman <tom@cs.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> I have a two-screen setup with X.
>
> Also, in addition to my usual keyboard and mouse, I have a cordless
> keyboard and mouse combo thingee.  At the moment both keyboards work
> fine, and both mouses control the same pointer.
>
> It occurred to me that it would be very cool to be able to have one
> keyboard and mouse controlling a pointer on one of the monitors, and the
> other keyboard and mouse controlling the *other* monitor.
>
> Is this crazy talk?
>
> How can we make this happen?
>
> Thanks!
>
>         Tom
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