Re: how exactly does X11 work with virtual terminals?
Awesome. That is exactly what I needed. Thanks! On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@oracle.com wrote: On 12/19/11 14:20, James Strother wrote: Quite honestly, I have only a basic understanding for what the virtual terminals are and how they work, so I am baffled as to how I would resolve this issue. Does Xorg really need a virtual terminal, or can I start it without one? Is there another way to sort this out? Sounds like you need the flag that was originally added for the multiseat support in Xorg: -sharevts Share virtual terminals with another X server, if supported by the OS. Google finds pages such as https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX that should have more information. -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@oracle.com Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System ___ xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
how exactly does X11 work with virtual terminals?
Hello, I posted to this list a few days ago, and received enough help that I was able to push through to the next problem (thanks again). Briefly, I would like to have two separate monitors connected to the same machine, each running from a separate graphics card and a separate instance of Xorg. The reason for running two instances rather than using xinerama is to prevent actions on the first screen from causing random dropped frames on the second (this for use in a computer vision application, where dropped frames require the entire sequence to be failed and repeated). So far, I have created two xorg.conf files, each specifies the appropriate BusID field, and uses the SingleCard option in the ServerLayout section. All this works fine, and the two instances fire up and run perfectly. The problem is that they are run on two different linux virtual terminals, so they do not display simultaneously. I can switch back and forth between the virtual terminals and each displays on the appropriate monitors, but I can't get them to run simultaneously on both monitors because I can only be in one virtual terminal at a time. Quite honestly, I have only a basic understanding for what the virtual terminals are and how they work, so I am baffled as to how I would resolve this issue. Does Xorg really need a virtual terminal, or can I start it without one? Is there another way to sort this out? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, James ___ xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: how exactly does X11 work with virtual terminals?
On 12/19/11 14:20, James Strother wrote: Quite honestly, I have only a basic understanding for what the virtual terminals are and how they work, so I am baffled as to how I would resolve this issue. Does Xorg really need a virtual terminal, or can I start it without one? Is there another way to sort this out? Sounds like you need the flag that was originally added for the multiseat support in Xorg: -sharevts Share virtual terminals with another X server, if supported by the OS. Google finds pages such as https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX that should have more information. -- -Alan Coopersmith-alan.coopersm...@oracle.com Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System ___ xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
