Re: [Cooker] OT X multi-user (was Fast user switching in KDE)
On Friday 04 July 2003 03:48 am, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote: sort of reply to http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cookerm=105727878726175w=2 ... These incredibly fast macines have way more than enough power for many standard home users, wouldn't this be cool. I seem to recall somebody hacking a solution like this into XFree 4.0.x ... You probably mean: http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/multiuser/index.html regarding the How-To: i tried to push such kernel to cooker, texstar, rpmhelp.net, but there was no interest at all the common answer was: please no more kernels, we have enough kernel packages i supose we'll have to wait until this is merged in linux-2.7 (and mandrake kernel based on it), to get this ability from a vanila mandrake box. Well, to be really useful, it's got to be easier to configure than it is in your HOWTO. Not that I cannot follow the directions, but the easiiest scenario is plugging in the extra equipment, checkiing a box and having iot work. -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho Marx
Re: [Cooker] OT X multi-user (was Fast user switching in KDE)
Quoting Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Friday 04 July 2003 03:48 am, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote: sort of reply to http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cookerm=105727878726175w=2 ... These incredibly fast macines have way more than enough power for many standard home users, wouldn't this be cool. I seem to recall somebody hacking a solution like this into XFree 4.0.x ... You probably mean: http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/multiuser/index.html regarding the How-To: i tried to push such kernel to cooker, texstar, rpmhelp.net, but there was no interest at all the common answer was: please no more kernels, we have enough kernel packages i supose we'll have to wait until this is merged in linux-2.7 (and mandrake kernel based on it), to get this ability from a vanila mandrake box. Well, to be really useful, it's got to be easier to configure than it is in your HOWTO. Not that I cannot follow the directions, but the easiiest scenario is plugging in the extra equipment, checkiing a box and having iot work. it's not that hard (for a dual user system :) ) but the how-to tries to cover pretty advanced configurations, so it gets a little bit too long. i'll add some intro about what to read for which configuration, but i can not make it smaller (and it'll get even bigger when i get ruby-2.5 running for dual-user on a single card - using framebuffer on Matrox G550 DH) basicly you need only to install the kernel may be patched XFree, configure XFree for additional input devices(mice) and additional layouts. and setup dm to start the X servers. but that's for 2 users. if one wants to setup 4,5,6 users he'll have to check advanced configuration of input devices, hot-pluging plus there are some tweaks( which are of course optional) using different sound cards for the different screens, automatically/manually switching the number of running X servers, different wellcome screens on the different displays best, svetljo
Re: [Cooker] OT X multi-user (was Fast user switching in KDE)
There are some security problems with it IIRC. And with the price of hardware so low it is cheaper to setup a second box as X terminal.
Re: [Cooker] OT X multi-user (was Fast user switching in KDE)
Quoting andre [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There are some security problems with it IIRC. what? why? And with the price of hardware so low it is cheaper to setup a second box as X terminal. i don't agree, i'm not sure how well does XV, GLX ... support X terminals(networked X), network bandwith/ security ? how could it be cheaper? second box as X terminal -- graphic card/monitor/keyboard/mouse also what about 5 X terminals ? or may be 24 (6 x Matrox G450 MMS 4heads) ? svetljo
Re: [Cooker] OT X multi-user (was Fast user switching in KDE)
On Friday 04 July 2003 11:02 am, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote: basicly you need only to install the kernel may be patched XFree, configure XFree for additional input devices(mice) and additional layouts. and setup dm to start the X servers. but that's for 2 users. I agree it is pretty simple for most of us reading Cooker. What I meant was, if it is going to be added as a feature that every user can use, it has to be even simpler than that. Perhaps the time will come when everything required is in the kernel and everything else can be auto-detected. It would have to be that way for my parents to use it anyway. -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho Marx
Re: [Cooker] OT X multi-user (was Fast user switching in KDE)
Quoting Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Friday 04 July 2003 11:02 am, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote: basicly you need only to install the kernel may be patched XFree, configure XFree for additional input devices(mice) and additional layouts. and setup dm to start the X servers. but that's for 2 users. I agree it is pretty simple for most of us reading Cooker. What I meant was, if it is going to be added as a feature that every user can use, it has to be even simpler than that. Perhaps the time will come when everything required is in the kernel and in XFree, sound demons, ... may be not that soon :( and everything else can be auto-detected. It would have to be that way for my parents to use it anyway. for your parents to use it ? or to make the initial configuration ? in the first case you could configure it, and your parents simply log in on the waiting display manager screens. in the second, hm ... not in near future svetljo
