Re: multiple independent keyboard kernel support

[Zoltan Szecsei <zoltans@geograph.co.za>]

Hi Helga (et al),

I'm just back on this issue and am trying to make changes to the basic 
xorg.conf without yet connecting the 2nd VGA,Kyb & mouse.

I thought if I set up a template for the config then it would be easier 
to copy & make changes for when I connect the 2nd KVM devices.

I'm having a problem with the "Dev Phys" option as I keep getting:
(EE) Generic Keyboard: cannot register with evdev brain
No core keyboard.

(man xorg.conf does not show "Dev Phys" - should it not be "Device" ??

The real issue is that I cannot find the keyboard device in /dev/input 
(Ubuntu 5.04 )
In /dev/input I only have 6 devices: event0, 1 and 2; mice, mouse0 and ts0

Are you able to tell me what parameter to put in this Option "Dev Phys" ?

TIA,
Zoltan



Helge Hafting wrote:

>xorg from debian testing or from ubuntu already support multiple
>independent keyboards.  I'm using that right now for my
>two-user single-pc setup.
>
>Each independent xserver have a section like this in the xorg.conf:
>Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
>        Driver          "kbd"
>        Option          "Protocol"      "evdev"
>        Option          "Dev Phys"      "isa0060/serio0/input0"
>        Option          "CoreKeyboard"
>        Option          "XkbRules"      "xfree86"
>        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc102"
>        Option          "XkbLayout"     "no"
>EndSection
>
>  
>
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