Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:26:51 +0200 (MET DST) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: multi-user: multiple consoles in FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.981022101813.16903N-100000@elect8>
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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 With X it should be possible, but I don't know how. Any pointers would be appreciated. In text mode however I am unaware of any possiblities, largely lacking probably because of the fact that there are no possiblities to connect more than one keyboard and screen anyway at the moment. Up to now. USB has the ability to accept more than one keyboard and more than one mouse. I would like to be able to boot a machine and have login prompts appear on multiple screens: A proper multi-user system. Nick USB for FreeBSD development. P.S.: If you fancy writing a device driver for USB, we could use someone to do a mouse, keyboard, printer and HID driver. -- building: 27A address: STA-ISIS, T.P.270, Joint Research Centre, 21020 Ispra, Italy tel.: +39 332 78 9549 fax.: +39 332 78 9185 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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