I have run multiple X servers on a single computer. I set one up for my
wife and another for me. They were on the same monitor and we used the
normal control-alt-f7 and f8 to switch between them.
You configure such a system by adding an extra line to the xdm-config
file. A hint about this is found in the middle of this page:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XDM-Xterm/config.htm
I am sure there are other pages that expand upon this idea.
But this does not do what you want. I think you need to look into the
startx script and create a modified one that points to a second
xorg.conf file that specifies the keyboard, mousse, monitor combination
that you need so that X only uses that hardware. You will probably need
to figure out how to, in a sense, defeat the plug and play features of
the more recent X servers.
In addition, there is a project, somewhere, to configure a single computer
to support multiple keyboards, videos, and mice, as a way to share the
computer among many concurrent users. I would spend some time looking
for that project. It might do exactly what you want.
Good luck,
Steve Herber [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: 206-221-7262
Security Engineer, UW Medicine, IT Services home: 425-454-2399
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Duncan wrote:
Christian Aistleitner posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
excerpted below, on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:27:58 +0100:
I have several mice, keyboards, and monitors/graphic cards attached to my
gentoo ~amd64 machine at once. I created a server layout using all mice,
keyboards, and monitors. X (x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6) works like a
charm.
However, I wanted to split the mice, monitors, and keyboards to
workplaces. For example the first mouse, the first keyboard and the first
Monitor for workplace1 and the rest for workplace2. Both workplaces should
allow to operate independently from the other. For example I am logged in
and working on workplace1. Them a friend drops by, logs in on workplace2
WHILE i am working on workplace1
So I separated my xorg.conf into two layouts. One for workplace1 and one
for workplace2.
However, I could not attach the keyboards to different vt's. Therfore, if
I choose to have workplace1 on vt7 and workplace2 on vt8, I can use either
workplace1 or workplace2. Not both of them simultaneously.
I found several patches for X, but after applying them, X did not compile.
I also found the "Backstreet Ruby kernel" mentioned several times --
these pages however date back to 2003.
As you saw, X by itself doesn't work the way you intend. Different
layouts are for alternate arrangements, but still single X user. Even
different VT (virtual terminals) wouldn't do what you want. That would
allow you to run two X sessions on the same physical terminal, switching
between them.
What you want might be more in line with either two X sessions, running an
X server on your friend's computer, to connect to X clients running on
yours (while you run your own X server and clients separately), or
something like the LTSP, Linux Terminal Server Project, which runs one
big server and a bunch of thin clients, normally diskless boot, that
access the main server. I don't know much about either arrangement, but
the LTSP home page is http://www.ltsp.org/
That's barely a pointer in (one hopes) the right direction, but that's a
start. Perhaps someone else has more.
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