Multiseat

[Daniel Stone]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 11:18:41AM -0400, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> I am trying to run a multiseat system, so more than one user can log in to 
> the same computer and get a graphical interface.  I have two keyboards and 
> two mice connected to the same computer, and two monitors each attached to 
> separate ATI Radeon video cards.  (A PCI Radeon 7000 powers one monitor, 
> while an AGP Radeon 9250 powers the other.)
> 
> With Debian Sarge, I had a setup where init scripts would start X servers, 
> and GDM would only run Xnest rather than a real X server.  Performance 
> wasn't great, and every once in a while one monitor would just go blank 
> (perhaps the other one went to DPMS sleep).
> 
> I noticed the multiseat udeb in the new Hoary system, so I installed Hoary 
> instead.  I can get separated keyboard and mouse input on the two X 
> servers in Hoary, but when one X server quits (e.g., when a user logs 
> out), the second monitor goes blank.

Depends whether or not it's the master (i.e. first) server or not.  If
it is, then you're probably going to lose out, as it will do a console
switch, and you'll end up on vt6.  Whether or not the second card will
initialise properly is anyone's guess.  Ordering of servers between the
primary and secondary cards is important -- you might have to switch
the order the servers are started in.

Aside from that, I don't really know specifically, but good to see it
more or less worked for you.

Cheers,
Daniel
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