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Date:      Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:25:09 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Daniel Stolpe <stolpe@resilans.se>
To:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        kan@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: KMS and Multiple X-sessions
Message-ID:  <alpine.LNX.2.00.1304290823450.2864@server.resilans.se>
In-Reply-To: <20130427191802.GH3047@kib.kiev.ua>
References:  <alpine.LNX.2.00.1304272051530.2864@server.resilans.se> <20130427191802.GH3047@kib.kiev.ua>

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On Sat, 27 Apr 2013, Konstantin Belousov wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 09:06:53PM +0200, Daniel Stolpe wrote:
>>
>> I'm used to run KDE in multi session mode and switch between users with
>> F9/F10/etc. on my home desktop computer.
>>
>> I have run a few IvyBridge/SandyBridge graphics cards om laptops and at
>> work and knew you don't get back to console with i915kms but recently my
>> home computer broke down and just realised the user switch does not work
>> either.
>>
>> Is there any trick to solve this now or do I have to wait for a more
>> mature version of KMS (and buy another computer for each user)?
>
> The multi-session X requires support for multi-minors, which newer
> DRM infrastructure lacks right now. I assume that Alexander (Cc:ed)
> has patches which implement the multi-minors for dev/drm2.

Thanks for the explanation!

Sounds good if there are patches around. I would be very happy to try them 
out.

Regards,

Daniel

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