Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 18:37:03 +1000 From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> To: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: multi-user: multiple consoles in FreeBSD Message-ID: <19981022183703.A17878@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.981022101813.16903N-100000@elect8>; from Nick Hibma on Thu, Oct 22, 1998 at 10:26:51AM %2B0200 References: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.981022101813.16903N-100000@elect8>
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On Thu, Oct 22, 1998 at 10:26:51AM +0200, Nick Hibma wrote: >Where can I find information on multiple headed machines? And I mean >the X concept of > > One CPU box > >and attached to it > > a number of sets > >One set consists of a mouse, keyboard and head (graphics screen or >serial output device). Two different ways of doing this: > > - X > - text consoles Actually, the X concept of multi-head is multiple screens and a single set of input devices. >With X it should be possible, but I don't know how. Any pointers would Some commercial X servers support it in the standard X way (and XFree86 will in version 4.0). With suitable OS and X server support, multiple X servers could be run to provide what you're looking for, for X at least. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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