multihead / dual input howto (two local users, keyboards etc.)?

Tomasz Chmielewski mangoo at wpkg.org
Sun Jan 4 14:12:58 PST 2009


Mader, Alexander (N-MSR) schrieb:
> Tomasz Chmielewski schrieb:
>> Does anyone know any up-to-date HOWTO for setting up multihead / dual 
>> input - two graphics cards running on one PC, with two local users, 
>> with two keyboards, running separate X sessions?

>> What I'm finding in the internet are either old / XFree based 
>> documents, mostly incomplete etc.
> 
> Even if the guides are partly dated I found them useful.

I wrote a short guide on setting up a multiseat X workstation:

http://wpkg.org/Configuring_multiseat_X_workstation


It covers xorg.conf setup (one file for all seats), GDM and KDM config, 
some hardware suggestions, basic troubleshooting etc.

Feel free to comment ;)


-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski



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