Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:13:09 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@iafrica.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using xdm, using DIFFERENT mice on same machine for two sessions Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970123001241.15372G-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970122184632.434A-100000@chain-work.iafrica.com>
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On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Khetan Gajjar wrote: > Hi there. > > I'm trying to get xdm to display login prompts on two seperate consoles, > using DIFFERENT X servers, each one using a DIFFERENT mouse to get around > the apparent problem of xdm not allowing the same mouse to be shared. > > I've played around with /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers, to look something > like > > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3 > :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/Xaccel :1 > > but this causes all sorts of horrible problems, making the machine > horribly unstable. I hope someone out there can help! > > I've looked in the -questions archive, and can't find anything. I've tried > the xdm man page, and according to that, the above should work - but it > doesn't :-( They're trying to use /etc/XF86Config most likely. I think there is an option to the X server to point it to a different config file. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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