x0vncserver seperate xinput device

[Andreas M.]

Hello TigerVNC devs,

I want to use x0vncserver with a seperate xinput device, so I can make use of X11 Multi-Pointers ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Multi-pointer_X ).

In my usecase, I want to give the VNC Session Client a seperate Mouseicon with e.g. a green-colored "X".

For security reasons the VNC Client should be just able to move the that mouse-pointer, but not be able to especially make clicks on the remote session.

What do you think about that? Is this somehow already possible?

Thank you very much
Andreas

[Pierre Ossman]

I'm afraid that I don't think that is possible with the current
implementation. Multi-pointer X newer got that popular, so it's not
something we've seen any requests for.

x11vnc apparently has optional support for multiple pointers, so it
should be possible to implement at least.

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