On 11-Mar-06 Peter Onion wrote:
Does anyone know of any existing tools/programs that allow a single keyboard and mouse to be switched between multiple machines ?
For example, if I move the mouse off the left edge of host1's screen I would like it to appear at the right edge of host2's screen.
I've already been looking at evdev and that seems like a good starting point.
Sometimes 4 keyboards and mice get in the way ! And please don't reply with "buy a KVM" because that would be a kludge !
Well, there's always X! I run (variously) 2 or 3 or 4 machines, and multiple users on each, with one keybord, one mouse -- and indeed only 1 screen. Just switch between the various "desktops" or "workspaces" (never quite sure what they should be called).
Mind you, that doesn't offer the advantage of multiple screens which could be very useful when you need to see a lot of different sorts of information at once.
Best wihses, Ted.
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