[ale] Two console users on one system--is it possible?

[Geoffrey]

I'm pretty sure you can do this.  You'd have to modify your X config so 
that it contains multiple ServerLayout, Screen entries.  You can easily 
add multiple monitors as we see with multi-head solutions.  Further I've 
heard of folks using two mice independently.  I've actually got two 
mouse entries in my config as I've got a ps2 and a usb (wacom).  The 
same would apply for multiple keyboards, as they're just seen as input 
devices.  The tricky part is properly associating each input device with 
the proper X session and associated output device.

I'm hoping to install SuSE 8.1 on my current box and see if it will 
properly recognize my dual output radeon card.  If I get that going, I 
might play with this a bit.


tfreeman at intel.digichem.net wrote:
> I'm really guessing off the top of my head here, because I've never heard 
> of someone actually doing this. Most seem to go some varient of the LTSP 
> or thin clients/X servers. However...
> 
> It occurs to me that the new hardware can run USB keyboards and USB mice. 
> Assuming you can keep all the similar devices straight, which you should, 
> the project as asked appears doable. I've never seen a HOWTO suggesting 
> such a thing however. If you try something like this, I'd love to see the 
> writeup on how you did it.
> 
> On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> 
> 
>>If I put two video cards in a system I know I can get two displays.   Iwant 
>>to support two users with those two display--so two monitors, two 
>>keyboards, two mice.  Can this be done?  Is there a HOWTO for this?
>>
>>My wife and I have desks right next to each other.  Why should we use two 
>>computers when we have a perfectly good multi-user OS right there?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Michael
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