From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 11 00:13:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28C6A16A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:13:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ptb-relay01.plus.net (ptb-relay01.plus.net [212.159.14.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCABA43D1D for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:13:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ian@codepad.net) Received: from [80.229.159.44] (helo=hercules.codepad.net) by ptb-relay01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1D9XmB-000EqB-QB for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:13:11 +0000 From: Xian To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:13:09 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <200503092246.06785.l0kit0@exactas.org> In-Reply-To: <200503092246.06785.l0kit0@exactas.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200503110013.09508.ian@codepad.net> Subject: Re: dual-head fbsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:13:13 -0000 On Thursday 10 March 2005 01:46, Luciano Musacchio wrote: > How can I make a dual head system? I mean, independent > mouse/keyboard/monitor access to the tty's. Using usb hubs, how much can > this be extended? How many terminals we can get from one cpu? > > thanks If your using X it might be easier to get old PCs and use them as the terminals. They don't have to be fast, only the computer dealing with the X clients needs to be reasonable. As for CPU usage, general console usage needs hardly any CPU. I would think if your not using X you would be limited by how many keyboard/monitors... you could connect not CPU. -- /Xian "To belittle is to be little" Unknown Author