[Ilugc] One computer 5 monitors

2010-04-12 Thread Zico
I want a Linux software that multiples desktop. A software that can make 5 monitors connect to one system unit with each monitor behaving like an independently Each behaving as a computer set with each monitor having it own keyboard and mouse. Is there anything in linux? It will be great if it i

Re: [Ilugc] One computer 5 monitors

2010-04-12 Thread narendra sisodiya
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Zico wrote: > I want a Linux software that multiples desktop. > > A software that can make 5 monitors connect to one system unit with each > monitor behaving like an independently > > Each behaving as a computer set with each monitor having it own keyboard > and >

Re: [Ilugc] One computer 5 monitors

2010-04-12 Thread Zico
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:38 AM, narendra sisodiya < narendra.sisod...@gmail.com> wrote: > First tell, how you will connect 5 monitor in on one Desktop ? > Say, with KVM switch? -- Best, Zico ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/l

Re: [Ilugc] One computer 5 monitors

2010-04-12 Thread Raja Subramanian
Sorry for the top post. You can't do this with a KVM device. KVM is a multiplexer - ie, you connect 1 monitor, kdb, mouse to multiple computers. What you want is the exact opposite. Search the web for "Multi Seat X Server" and you'll find what you are seeking. This setup is very sensitive to

Re: [Ilugc] One computer 5 monitors

2010-04-12 Thread Raja Subramanian
Sorry for the top post. There's a European group which has crammed 13 Nvidia GPUs into a single workstation. They use all the GPUs for running medical research code using CUDA. The workstation runs a modified BIOS and patched Linux kernel. Their videos are on Youtube. The latest AMD/ATI grap

Re: [Ilugc] One computer 5 monitors

2010-04-12 Thread Raman.P
--- On Tue, 13/4/10, Zico wrote: > I want a Linux software that > multiples desktop. > > A software that can make 5 monitors connect to one system > unit with each > monitor behaving like an independently > > Each behaving as a computer set with each monitor having it > own keyboard and > mous

Re: [Ilugc] One computer 5 monitors

2010-04-16 Thread Arun Khan
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Zico wrote: > I want a Linux software that multiples desktop. > > A software that can make 5 monitors connect to one system unit with each > monitor behaving like an independently > > Each behaving as a computer set with each monitor having it own keyboard and > mo

Re: [Ilugc] One computer 5 monitors

2010-04-16 Thread Gourav Shah
add additional display cards. some cards also support multiple displays. use xinerama or similar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinerama https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XineramaHowTo http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=221174 Thanks Gourav On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Zico wrote: > On

Re: [Ilugc] One computer 5 monitors

2010-04-16 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
You are looking for multiseat. You can get this working with multiple VGA cards and USB keyboards/monitors. Any reasonably good Linux programmer can do this using the event interface in a day or two. There are some commercial products that do this too. -Girish On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 2:40 PM,

Re: [Ilugc] One computer 5 monitors

2010-04-17 Thread swamynathan
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Zico wrote: > I want a Linux software that multiples desktop. > > A software that can make 5 monitors connect to one system unit with each > monitor behaving like an independently > > if you are looing for a multiseat in ubuntu check this https://help.ubuntu.com/c