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Re: [LUG] Multiple users on 1 PC

 

Grant Sewell wrote:
> Rob Beard wrote:
>   
>> Grant Sewell wrote:
>>     
>>> <snip>
>>> If you wanted to get really into it, you could hack around with the uDev 
>>> rules to make it that each known keyboard is assigned unique names (such 
>>> as /dev/mainkeyboard and /dev/extrakeyboard) and then use those unique 
>>> names in your X config... but that might not be necessary. ;)
>>>
>>> Grant.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Ahh I see.  I did do a bit more searching and found something or other, 
>> haven't got the link to hand.  I started thinking last night... what if 
>> this could be done in conjunction with LTSP.  I mean, have multiple 
>> keyboards, mice and graphics cards on an LTSP terminal.  I'm sure a 
>> P2-450 or similar with say 128MB memory could run two concurrent copies 
>> of X to connect to an LTSP server?
>>
>> Rob
>>     
>
> Yeah, I imagine it could, so long as they're both running relatively 
> lightweight environments... Fluxbox/IceWM anyone?
>
> Grant.
>   
Yep, thats the sort of thing I was running on my iMac G3 when I 
configured that as an LTSP test client.

Rob

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