Multi Monitor : Hide Auxiliary mouse pointer

SUGANDH KUMAR sugandh.roshan at gmail.com
Fri Nov 29 06:34:25 UTC 2024


Hi,

Can anyone help on this issue please.

Thanks,
Sugandh

On Tue, 19 Nov, 2024, 5:46 pm SUGANDH KUMAR, <sugandh.roshan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Team,
>
> *Setup:*
>
> Using X11 on Ubuntu 22.02.
>
> Two monitors, primary and secondary are connected having individual mouse
> pointers. Both monitors are touch enabled.
>
> Pointer on secondary monitor is created using following command: "*xinput
> create-master Auxiliary".*
>
> Touch for secondary monitor is attached to Auxiliary pointer
>
> No changes has been made to xorg.conf
> Also we are exporting DISPLAY=:0.
>
> Data of all input devices connected:
>
>
>
>
> *Requirement:*
>
> I am working on a requirement to hide auxiliary mouse pointer on secondary
> screen. But touch should work as it is. On primary monitor mouse pointer
> should be visible.
>
> I tried to use multiple other options like unclutter, xsetroot to do that.
> But all of them works only for primary monitor.
>
> I also tried to disable Auxiliary pointer device using xinput, but it is
> causing xserver to crash. Find below the logs:
>
>
>
>
> Please suggest me a way to complete my requirement using x11 tools. Is it
> possible using device id getting from xinput?
>
> Thanks,
> Sugandh
>
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