Spanning desktop across multiple x servers

[Alex Deucher]

On 5/17/06, Nikolaj Hald Nielsen <nhnfreespirit at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am new to this list, and searching dit not come up with anything about
> this topic, but I hope I am not repeating a common question.
>
> Is it currently possible to stretch a desktop acros multiple computers
> running X? I am currently using synergy "
> http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/" between my laptop and my
> desktop, and while this integrates mouse, keyboard and clipboard between the
> machines it does not turn them into one effective desktop.
>
> If this is possible how is it done, and if not, how big a task would it be
> to implement it?
>
> I am a fairly profficient programmer and after the modularization of x.org,
> it generally does not seem quite as daunting a project to start hacking away
> at. So if it is not a multi year task I might be willing to try as time
> permits.
>

take a look at DMX:
http://dmx.sourceforge.net/
it's been integrated with Xorg for a while now, so you probably
already have it on your PCs.

Alex

>
> For reference, I am the author of
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/mouse-gestures/ which at
> the moment is my main free-time coding project.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Nikolaj Nielsen
>
>