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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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