Re: Running two X servers on one computer

Alex Deucher <[email protected]> Sat, 20 Dec 2003 13:11:07 -0800 (PST)
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.xfree86
Message-ID <[email protected]>
X does not have this ability natively yet.  there are some hacks out
there to support this:

http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/multiuser/


Alex

--- Tim Currie <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi!
>   I have an ATI FireGL X1 in my computer. I'd like to set up a second
> X 
> server, with a separate keyboard and mouse (actually, I plan to use a
> 
> KVM switch, but you get the point). The reason I want to do this is
> so 
> that I can run "Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory" on one
> X 
> server, and ssh to the game host on a nearby (but not nearby enough) 
> computer via the second X server (plus read my email, etc.). 
> CTRL-ALT-F<1..5> causes the X server to get all pissed off at me, so 
> that's not an option.
>   I think I can figure out getting a second X server running, but the
> 
> mystery is this: first, how do I get the computer to realize that it
> has 
> two USB keyboard and two USB mice, and second, how do I bind one set
> of 
> input devices to each X server? I know this is possible, but I have
> no 
> idea where to begin.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help you can offer,
> 
> -Tim
> 
> 
>

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