Mike... I had multiseat working in Gutsy too. But it stopped working in
hardy with the new evdev.
I have found a solution to mine problem (for a 2 seat configuration at
least):
1) I had to add the line
Option "AutoAddDevices" "no"
to the first first ServerLayout section. This precludes this server to
grab all devices in advance. Note that this options was not necessary
under feisty, it is only needed in hardy. You may also add
Option "AutoEnableDevices" "no"
but it doesn't change anything.
2) When the second server kicks in it fails to configure its keyboard
and mouse even though the configuration file looks right to me (the
configuration file is attached). The log shows:
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Keyboard.1: always reports core events
(EE) Keyboard.1: cannot open input pEvdev
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(EE) PreInit returned NULL for "Keyboard.1"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse.1: always reports core events
(EE) Mouse.1: cannot open input pEvdev
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(EE) PreInit returned NULL for "Mouse.1"
So it seems that the first server has some exclusive access to the evdev
device (which shouldn't happen).
3) But, as my second server tries to automatically add devices (I
doesn't have the option AutoAddDevices set to no), it can get access to
the second keyboard and mouse.
4) The only problem, is that the second keyboard is not being added from
the configuration file, so the system doesn't know the correct options
to handle a ABNT2 (Brazilian) keyboard. I had to edit the
10-x11-input.fdi file to make hal pass the correct options to the auto-
configuration system. The edited file is attached in the next message
for reference.
The behavior descried by 2, 3 and 4 above doesn't seem right. I would
expected that the second server should get its keyboard and mouse just
like the first one, including reading the keyboard options from the
xorg.conf file. This looks like a bug in the new evdev to me. Should I
file a bug report?
** Attachment added: "xorg.conf"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12839640/xorg.conf
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evdev mouse fails on hardy: cannot open input pEvdev
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173833
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