1 cpu + 2 monitors + 2 keybord/mouse is it possible

[jad at nominet.org.uk]

owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org wrote on 11/05/2006 11:23:53:

> Hi,
> Is it possible to attach two monitors, 2keybord and 2
> mouse to one PC, by just buying some card that will
> connect with a PC.
> 
>  I just want to know if it is possible for me to just
> buy 1 more monitor, a mouse and a keyboard
> so that two students could learn in one pc. and oppen
> two different programes at the same time.
> 

I have not played with it yet but you might want to take a look at FreeBSD 
6.1. From the 6.1-rc1 announcement 
(http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2006-April/016104.html)

"a keyboard multiplexer being added.  This is enabled by default via the 
'kbdmux' driver and allows multiple keyboards of any type to be plugged in 
and work at once."

Reading the man page for kbdmux it isn't clear to me if the keyboards will 
work independently in X but it might be worth a try.

It looks like this topic has come up a lot. See this post and the link at 
the end of it 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2005-October/101408.html
.

Hope this helps
John