On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 07:21:51AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Can XFree86, with any known graphics hardware configuration, handle two
> separate users running two separate XFree desktops on the same PC? These two
> users would log in separately, but share machine resources. ssh is not an
> option.
Certainly. You can run multiple copies of X, or multiple xdm's, on separate
virtual consoles, and use Ctrl-Atl-7, Ctrl-Alt-8, etc, to switch between
them.
> The best solution, in my mind, would be if a single dual-head graphics
> adapter could be used such that one user is on one monitor and the other
> user is on a second monitor.
*Maybe*. I'm not real familiar with multi-head. I suspect not, but I might
be wrong.
> Less compelling, but still acceptable in my specific case, would be a
> second graphics adapter, PCI-based, that displayed the second desktop.
This might be easier.
> Is anything like this possible? Can the two monitors be considered as two
> completely separate displays by XFree?
Um, where were you planning to plug in a second keyboard? :-)
Look into DOSVNC and a spare 386.
http://c0w.inode.at/mjy/dosvnc.html (warning: political comment on page)
Cheers,
-- jra
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