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Re: [LUG] Multihead X

 

On 17/09/12 21:49, paul sutton wrote:
On 17/09/12 20:32, Rob Beard wrote:
Hi folks,

I was thinking today about possibly interesting things to play with at
the Exeter LUG meetings and one thing I've played with in the past
(rather unsuccessfully I might add) is multi-head X.

Basically the idea is you have a PC with one or more graphics cards (I
think it might be possible with multi head graphics cards too but
without things like 3D or video acceleration) and multiple keyboards
and mice attached and each display/keyboard/mouse combo have their own
session.  In a way it's a bit like LTSP but on the one machine.

I was thinking if we had enough hardware (such as PCI graphics cards
and sound cards) we could maybe try and get something running.  It
could be a good option to offer to local groups that might want a PC
or two (and I'd like to get something like this working to stop my
kids squabbling over who uses the family PC :-P).

Rob

Won't that cause issues with sound etc.  I got the impression ltsp was
stuff was loaded from a central server but run locally,

Nope, with LTSP everything runs on the server and the output it sent to the client (although IIRC on newer LTSP setups the clients boot a stripped down distro and then connect to an X session over SSH).

I'm sure there's a way around the sound option. I was reading up a bit about it earlier.


I put a note on the heles angels site (http://www.helesangels.org.uk/)
asking if anyone has a raspberry Pi but no one has replied as yet,
maybe other local groups are interested but need some help / advice on it.


I contacted them a while ago, no one bothered to get back to me. Not sure if going in to see them would do any good. I might go in next month when I've got some free time.

Rob


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