Re: How to have separate kbd layouts per usb-keyboards?
On Sat, 30 Apr 2011, Roger Leigh wrote:
> > One way would be to run two instances of X, each with the respective
> > keyboard/layout combination. Not sure if this is feasible in your
> > situation though.
>
> This is really a deficiency in the kernel input layer--it should be possible
> to have a separate keymap for each input device, so that the multiplexed
Each kernel input device has its own keymap. If anything is to blame
here, it is the X server.
What the kernel will not let you do is to have one (kernel) keymap for
each *user* of the same input device, i.e. it is global to that specific
device.
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