Multiple X Terminals, One Box

[Ben Eisenbraun]

Hi Thomas,

>   What I'm attempting to do is to connect 2 monitors, keyboard, and
> mice to one machine, and have two seperate X sessions, one on each
> screen.  I recall this being possible with some hacks some time ago,
> but I recall it required a kernel hack as normally, only one VT is
> allowed at a time.

There used to be a few hacks floating around for doing something like this.  
I played with this one many years ago:

http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/multiuser/

but I think Multiseat X is the current favorite:

http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/Multiseat

It's supported in the main X.org codebase, and that page links a bunch of
howtos, etc.

-ben

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