I've tried this, but failed. Apparently for this to wrok you need ot
install two versions of X, one patched so that it accpets input from USB
k/board only. There is a link to a How-to type document on the mandrake
forum somewhere. It is quite a bit of work to get going, and there's no
guarantee that it will work with your particular hardware setup.
In the end I gave up on the idea and converted an old P133 box into a
dedicate X-terminal. It will provide the same solution, but will be a lot
easier to set up.
I'll try and find that How-to URL for you.
Aaron
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Little [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 10:16 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] 2 X-terminals from a single machine.
>
> I have recently acquired an Abit VP6 with two PIII 700s and 512MB RAM.
> Here's what I'd like to do if it's possible. Two keyboards. PS/2 for
> primary and USB for secondary. Two meeces :). PS/2 for primary and USB
> for
> secondary. 2 video cards AGP for primary and PCI for secondary. Two
> sound
> cards. PCI for primary and ISA for secondary.
> I'd like to setup the primary monitor/KB/mouse/speakers in one room with
> the
> case, and then put the other monitor/KB/mouse/speakers in an adjacent
> room.
> Neither of the people in these rooms have a machine of their own, and this
> will keep them off my machine. Is it possible to get the machine to
> recognize all this hardware? I'd like to set it up so that there are some
> fast drives raided for the important partitions, and have each of their
> home
> partitions on its own disk on seperate IDE channels so there is no
> fighting
> for the disk. Neither are power users, and don't do much more than play
> MP3's, surf the web, and write the occasional paper. Both can use linux
> as
> long as there is Window manager running now, because I've forced them to
> if
> they use my machine. Any help is appreciated.
