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Bug 142278 - Patch xorg-server to enable multiple mouse pointers
Summary: Patch xorg-server to enable multiple mouse pointers
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo X packagers
URL: http://wearables.unisa.edu.au/mpx
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Reported: 2006-07-31 06:47 UTC by Tomas
Modified: 2010-02-10 08:26 UTC (History)
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Description Tomas 2006-07-31 06:47:22 UTC 
It'd be nice to see the patch availible at http://wearables.unisa.edu.au/mpx/?q=downloads integrated into portage, say, via a mpx-flag to xorg-server.

It's really useful as a teaching tool, for instance!
Comment 1 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-07-31 08:05:24 UTC 
Please request that it be incorporated into upstream code first. We will be happy to add a patch once it's in X.Org CVS. You can file a bug at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg to do this. Please post the bug URL here.

Thanks!
Comment 2 Arsen Shnurkov 2010-02-10 06:20:17 UTC 
> Please request that it be incorporated into upstream code first.

It is merged by now:
http://wearables.unisa.edu.au/mpx/?q=node/144

How to use it in gentoo?
Comment 3 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-02-10 08:08:15 UTC 
It's merged, but not released. You'll get MPX with xorg-server 1.8 when it's released. Or you can try our live git ebuilds in the x11 overlay.

Thanks
Comment 4 Arsen Shnurkov 2010-02-10 08:26:47 UTC 
> You'll get MPX with xorg-server 1.8 when it's released.

http://www.x.org/wiki/Server18Branch

X Server 1.8 is planned for release on the 31st of March, 2010.