How to lock one mouse/keyboard pair to each screen?

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                          Using the ATI Catalyst Control Center (fglrx), I setup two desktops (the multidesktop option) via dual-head. Now I have two mice and keyboards (USB) attached which, using xinput can be put in two separate groups. Can I lock each group to one screen? And how can this be done permanently? Alternatively, instructions for turning this "lite multiseat" configuration into multiseat are appreciated as well.

This is the xorg.conf as setup by the Catalyst Center:

    Section "ServerLayout"
    	Identifier     "amdcccle Layout"
    	Screen      0  "amdcccle-Screen-0" 0 0
    	Screen         "amdcccle-Screen-1" 1400 0
    EndSection
    
    Section "Module"
    	Load  "glx"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Monitor"
    	Identifier   "0-CRT1"
    	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
    	Option	    "PreferredMode" "1400x1050"
    	Option	    "TargetRefresh" "60"
    	Option	    "Position" "0 0"
    	Option	    "Rotate" "normal"
    	Option	    "Disable" "false"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Monitor"
    	Identifier   "0-DFP1"
    	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
    	Option	    "PreferredMode" "1400x1050"
    	Option	    "TargetRefresh" "60"
    	Option	    "Position" "0 0"
    	Option	    "Rotate" "normal"
    	Option	    "Disable" "false"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Device"
    	Identifier  "Default Device"
    	Driver      "fglrx"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Device"
    	Identifier  "amdcccle-Device-0"
    	Driver      "fglrx"
    	Option	    "Monitor-DFP1" "0-DFP1"
    	BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Device"
    	Identifier  "amdcccle-Device-1"
    	Driver      "fglrx"
    	Option	    "Monitor-CRT1" "0-CRT1"
    	BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
    	Screen      1
    EndSection
    
    Section "Screen"
    	Identifier "Default Screen"
    	DefaultDepth     24
    	SubSection "Display"
    	EndSubSection
    EndSection
    
    Section "Screen"
    	Identifier "amdcccle-Screen-0"
    	Device     "amdcccle-Device-0"
    	DefaultDepth     24
    	SubSection "Display"
    		Viewport   0 0
    		Depth     24
    	EndSubSection
    EndSection
    
    Section "Screen"
    	Identifier "amdcccle-Screen-1"
    	Device     "amdcccle-Device-1"
    	DefaultDepth     24
    	SubSection "Display"
    		Viewport   0 0
    		Depth     24
    	EndSubSection
    EndSection
    
    Section "DRI"
    	Group        "vglusers"
    	Mode         0660
    EndSection

(the latter entry is from [VirtualGL](http://www.virtualgl.org/) , see [this question](https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/5235/863) , it should be irrelevant here)
                        
Asked by Tobias Kienzler (9574 rep)
Jan 8, 2011, 11:55 AM
Last activity: Jan 10, 2018, 11:47 AM
How to lock one mouse/keyboard pair to each screen?

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