tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post115775573708414348..comments2024-01-08T18:52:32.590+01:00Comments on netpatia: Multiseat (VI): Final notesjoseanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339565032600559883noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-25200740276979061742012-05-09T06:50:27.898+02:002012-05-09T06:50:27.898+02:00por favor como puedo hacerlo con ubuntu 10.10 0 o ...por favor como puedo hacerlo con ubuntu 10.10 0 o 11.10 ya q en 9.04 o 8.04 no me permite descargar el archivo Xephyr gracias y felicidades ...Luis Cespedes Perezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257328257060383759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-83331010779323858642009-05-09T20:21:00.000+02:002009-05-09T20:21:00.000+02:00For those looking for an automatic script Userful ...For those looking for an automatic script Userful has a free-2-user solution that is very high performance and uses single-chip dual-head video cards.<br /><br />http://userful.com/free-2-user<br /><br />They have RPMs and DEB packages they are also included in Ubuntu Multiverse.<br />http://support.userful.com/wiki/index.php/How_To/UMx/Userful_Multiplier_on_UbuntuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-52037854811932372022008-08-31T05:59:00.000+02:002008-08-31T05:59:00.000+02:00Well here's to saving people a bunch of hellish pr...Well here's to saving people a bunch of hellish problems due to the new HAL/X11 Input Hotplugging infrastructure. This automatically adds keyboards and mice and butchers MultiSeat setups...luckily I found this gem in the ServerFlags section of the new xorg.conf:<BR/><BR/>Option "DisableModInDev" "boolean"<BR/>This disables the parts of the Xorg-Misc extension that can be<BR/>used to modify Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-71026596656831131342008-07-04T15:13:00.000+02:002008-07-04T15:13:00.000+02:00You dont happen to have an automating script for n...You dont happen to have an automating script for newbies who need to have a multiseat in dual-head vga cards environment? I would appreciate very it very much.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05481360671719726917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-51999426908646380242008-06-04T00:39:00.000+02:002008-06-04T00:39:00.000+02:00I found this can be useful: http://research.edm.uh...I found this can be useful: http://research.edm.uhasselt.be/~jori/page/index.php?n=Misc.DualSeatX<BR/>It's multiseat station based on Xgl, I didn't try yet but I will soon.zarejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792336472017868677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-47450919752367646742008-04-04T02:42:00.000+02:002008-04-04T02:42:00.000+02:00forgot to mention my card from the above post...es...forgot to mention my card from the above post...<BR/><BR/>estudiante@estudiante-desktop:~$ lspci |grep -i vga<BR/>0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. G400/G450 (rev 82)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-79445981903332352972008-04-04T02:41:00.000+02:002008-04-04T02:41:00.000+02:00I have been trying with ubuntu 6.06 and 6.10 and 7...I have been trying with ubuntu 6.06 and 6.10 and 7.10 and edubuntu and nothing seems to work i have two identical monitors i get everything to work except when i get to the end when Xephyr.sh is supposed to call Xephyr from gdm <BR/><BR/>command=/usr/sbin/Xephyr.sh -display :0.1 -xauthority /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -fullscreen -kbdphys usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input0 -mousephys usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-28962788210589889682008-01-26T13:44:00.000+01:002008-01-26T13:44:00.000+01:00i am a newbie to ubuntu. only been using it for 3...i am a newbie to ubuntu. only been using it for 3 weeks. but been a sys admin for 5 years. what is the best motherboard to use for multi-seat? i have a test computer right now with ECS 965PLT-A motherboard with 2 PCIe X16 slots and 3 PCI slots, and 2 nVIDIA dual-head GeForce 7600SE GPU. will this setup work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-11775209518503627422007-11-25T21:54:00.000+01:002007-11-25T21:54:00.000+01:00Hi. Congratulations on your great work.Have yo...Hi.<BR/> Congratulations on your great work.<BR/><BR/>Have you seen the similar Ndiyo project at http://www.ndiyo.org/ ?<BR/><BR/>It uses an external ethernet or USB box called a NIVO (Network In Video Out) to interface multiple monitors, keyboards and mice to a single Ubuntu Linux PC.<BR/><BR/>See especially the videos and 'hubster' (USB) section.<BR/><BR/>Richard Freeman (England)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420994055447456754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-85890375851386992462007-11-24T14:01:00.000+01:002007-11-24T14:01:00.000+01:00Hi and thanks for your well elaborated steps. Is i...Hi and thanks for your well elaborated steps. Is it possible to use the on-board graphics port in addition to a graphics card to configure a multi seat.<BR/><BR/>ochienged@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-72408363023562001792007-08-17T10:36:00.000+02:002007-08-17T10:36:00.000+02:00Hi JoseanSpecial to Josean hemself.Thanks for you...Hi Josean<BR/>Special to Josean hemself.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your great blog. I have the multiseat working with 8 seats, with a motherboard with 4 pci-express slots and 4 pci-express dual-head nvidia cards. It works fine. But there are 2 bugs in Xephyr: <BR/><BR/>1. When you log in and log off 4 times (on the same screen) the xephyr or gdm won't start anymore on this screen. Please test it on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-47192445950212355112007-08-03T11:56:00.000+02:002007-08-03T11:56:00.000+02:00Hey people, does Xglx or Xephyr with GLX work? I u...Hey people, does Xglx or Xephyr with GLX work? I use multiseat using Xephyr on Dapper over a year but I have no 3D accel. Now I'm planning to switch to Feisty or Gutsy with Xephyr+GLX or Xglx or XAT+MPX or maybe VirtualGL. Have you checked any of these options? /xerosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-7260393781718643132007-06-09T09:39:00.000+02:002007-06-09T09:39:00.000+02:006 to 10 multiseat :Well I have try that :- 2 x pci...6 to 10 multiseat :<BR/>Well I have try that :<BR/>- 2 x pci-x dual-head cards and 1 pci dual-head card : only 5 screens worked<BR/>- 1 x pci-x dual-head card and 4 pci single head cards : only 5 screens worked<BR/>PROBLEM I thinks it's a IRQ problem<BR/><BR/>- 3 x pci-x dual-head cards with a special motherboard with 3 pci-x slots : all off the 6 screens worked !<BR/><BR/>More than 6 seats : I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-40089709192467576952007-05-05T12:10:00.000+02:002007-05-05T12:10:00.000+02:00I have only experience in systems having two seats...I have only experience in systems having two seats. You can have a look at <A HREF="http://linuxgazette.net/124/smith.html" REL="nofollow">the six head system</A>, but they use a different approach.joseanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339565032600559883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-27041954331592429702007-04-02T02:56:00.000+02:002007-04-02T02:56:00.000+02:00hi, how can i make a 6 or even 10 seat multitermin...hi, how can i make a 6 or even 10 seat multiterminal desktop??<BR/><BR/>should i use 5 dual headed video cards? is this possible? using pci? or pci-xpress? with agp is not possible, just 1 slot.. <BR/><BR/>Any pointers please??<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your infoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-49012348980494524912007-03-20T22:14:00.000+01:002007-03-20T22:14:00.000+01:00I have an error, "Xephyr cannot open host display....I have an error, "Xephyr cannot open host display. Is DISPLAY set?".<BR/><BR/>I try to ubicate the "control acces", but not it encounter. <BR/><BR/>I try this in gdm.conf: command=/usr/bin/X -ac :1 -br.<BR/><BR/>... and no work, say that "there already appears to be an X server running on display :1...."<BR/><BR/>Thanks for help...<BR/><BR/>pd. (my English is terrible)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-43462388966648363982007-02-12T14:10:00.000+01:002007-02-12T14:10:00.000+01:00linux-vserver do not work with multiple head cards...linux-vserver do not work with multiple head cards. The point on this tutorial is that you do not need to have several independent graphic cards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-84682780069484000182007-01-30T11:50:00.000+01:002007-01-30T11:50:00.000+01:00Hi,
finally I got my multiseat up and runnig afte...Hi,<br /><br />finally I got my multiseat up and runnig after some initial problems. Many thanks to the author at this point!<br /><br />The only problem I'm facing now, is that both of the seats always crushes when I turn the printer on.<br /><br />I'm running debian testing_amd64 on an Athlon AM2 processor. Both of the Keyboards and mices are on a 7-port usb hub. The printer is an old HP Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-25468459607754214762007-01-30T11:49:00.000+01:002007-01-30T11:49:00.000+01:00Hi,
finally I got my multiseat up and runnig afte...Hi,<br /><br />finally I got my multiseat up and runnig after some initial problems. Many thanks to the author at this point!<br /><br />The only problem I'm facing now, is that both of the seats always crushes when I turn the printer on.<br /><br />I'm running debian testing_amd64 on an Athlon AM2 processor. Both of the Keyboards and mices are on a 7-port usb hub. The printer is an old HP Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-87975190886817861452007-01-16T16:55:00.000+01:002007-01-16T16:55:00.000+01:00HOT
for "the real multiseat" solution, please hav...<b>HOT</b><br /><br />for "the real multiseat" solution, please have a look at <a href="http://oldwiki.linux-vserver.org/MoreUbuntu">http://oldwiki.linux-vserver.org/MoreUbuntu</a><br /><br />For sure you can also use Xephyr too.<br /><br />best regards,<br /><b>zeng</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-1164187990240328422006-11-22T10:33:00.000+01:002006-11-22T10:33:00.000+01:00Hi, I send you some information about glx with evd...Hi, I send you some information about glx with evdev support I found while asking some people:<BR/><BR/>"The Xglx upstream code already has evdev support. It uses the x-input-evdev library. What you will need is to download/compile x-input-evdev [1] library and xgl-0-0-1 tree of xserver setting up --enable-xevdev to configure script."2bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13604693439454449470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-1162941827563583272006-11-08T00:23:00.000+01:002006-11-08T00:23:00.000+01:00Notice the '-ac' parameter in the root X session, ...Notice the '-ac' parameter in the root X session, just to disable 'access control'.<BR/><BR/>Be sure to have such parameter if you are following the steps in the tutorial. Otherwise Xephyr will be unable to use the base X session.joseanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339565032600559883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-1162889090010830702006-11-07T09:44:00.000+01:002006-11-07T09:44:00.000+01:00I heve an error"Xephyr cannot open host display. I...I heve an error<BR/><BR/>"Xephyr cannot open host display. Is DISPLAY set?"<BR/><BR/>Everybody knowns whats wrongs?<BR/>Thanks...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-1162609717104039442006-11-04T04:08:00.000+01:002006-11-04T04:08:00.000+01:00OH... and xglx with evdev :D that would be somethi...OH... and xglx with evdev :D that would be something great....2bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13604693439454449470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33805247.post-1162609391106749282006-11-04T04:03:00.000+01:002006-11-04T04:03:00.000+01:00It is a strange problem. I wonder what changed bet...It is a strange problem. I wonder what changed between Dapper and Edgy, since KDE worked almost flawless in dapper. <BR/><BR/>Now I can't use KDE, amarok, amsn, skype. All those applications kill my X server. I wonder what do they have in common and how can I debug this. The main problem is that, since I don't know where the exact problem is, I don't know where to submit the bug report.2bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13604693439454449470noreply@blogger.com