From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 23 07:33:25 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C30316A419 for ; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:33:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0D2C13C4CB for ; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:33:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 18758 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2007 02:33:24 -0500 Received: from 203-206-233-219.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.206.233.219) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 23 Jul 2007 02:33:23 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:33:20 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: "Marc G. Fournier" Message-ID: <20070723173320.5afb084e@localhost> In-Reply-To: <7AE9A2282460B106CFDED571@fserv.hub.org> References: <7AE9A2282460B106CFDED571@fserv.hub.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Effective method of 'connecting' two X servers ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:33:25 -0000 On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:36:25 -0300 "Marc G. Fournier" wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Since it appears I'm going to have to wait for proper nVidia driver support for > amd64, I'm goign to attach my second monitor to my other machine, and start X > on it ... but, what is the cleanest method of connecting the two so that I can > use keyboard/mouse from my main screen on the second one? > > I used to have a Windows box as second screen (laptop), and used x2vnc to go > from screen-to-screen, allowing me to cut-n-paste, etc ... so I'd like to do > something like that, except from FreeBSD-to-FreeBSD, getting the laptop out of > the mix :) > from memory, I think Greg Lehey has a similar setup... check his page / posts about his X setup _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next." Matthew Arnold I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.