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From: Wayne W. <wh...@ma...> - 2003-01-05 15:45:29
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Hello, Are there any instructions anywhere on setting up multi-desktop, preferrably with current software (XFree86 4.2.99.x, kernel 2.5.x)? From scanning the list archives, it seems that multi-desktop has worked in the past but may not currently be working. If so, when was it most recently working? Any information would be appreciated, and I can help, if only as a tester. Cheers, Wayne |
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From: <Aiv...@un...> - 2003-01-06 08:47:29
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>Hello, > >Are there any instructions anywhere on setting up multi-desktop, >preferrably with current software (XFree86 4.2.99.x, kernel 2.5.x)? From >scanning the list archives, it seems that multi-desktop has worked in the >past but may not currently be working. If so, when was it most recently >working? Any information would be appreciated, and I can help, if only as >a tester. > >Cheers, Wayne There exists two ways. Mine donot like framebuffer devices. I create kernel patch without fb device support, but multiple XFree work well. Latest is http://people.debian.org/~andreas/aivils/index.html http://people.debian.org/~andreas/aivils/bruby-2.4.20-20021226.diff.bz2 My free web host startx.times.lv down today. linuxconsole.sf.net lead maintainer donot like XFree and multiple framebuffer terminals are not complete. Because framebuffer console code is messy , rather 2.5.xx ruby is broken, but may work. As tetster You can test both versions, because code and troubles mostly is identic. Aivils Stoss |
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From: Svetoslav S. <ga...@st...> - 2003-01-06 10:41:04
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Quoting Aiv...@un...: > >Hello, > > > >Are there any instructions anywhere on setting up multi-desktop, > >preferrably with current software (XFree86 4.2.99.x, kernel 2.5.x)? > From > >scanning the list archives, it seems that multi-desktop has worked in > the > >past but may not currently be working. If so, when was it most > recently > >working? Any information would be appreciated, and I can help, if only > as > >a tester. > > > >Cheers, Wayne > > There exists two ways. > > Mine donot like framebuffer devices. I create kernel patch without fb > device > support, but multiple XFree work well. Latest is > http://people.debian.org/~andreas/aivils/index.html > http://people.debian.org/~andreas/aivils/bruby-2.4.20-20021226.diff.bz2 > My free web host startx.times.lv down today. could you convert your web site to relative url's? i was tring to put a mirror on my site,and then i realised that on both mirrors, the downloads were pointing to startx.times.lv and it seemd impossible to download anything when your host is down [svetlio@mailgate aivils]$ diff -u download.html.debian_org download.html --- download.html.debian_org Sun Jan 5 16:13:20 2003 +++ download.html Mon Jan 6 00:06:00 2003 @@ -5,16 +5,24 @@ <body bgcolor='9A9D88' leftmargin='0' topmargin='0' marginwidth='0' marginheight='0'> <br> -<img src='http://startx.times.lv/penguin-hop.gif' width='50' height='50'> +<img src='penguin-hop.gif' width='50' height='50'> <br> Latest kernel pacth 26-DEC-2002<br> -<A HREF="http://startx.times.lv/bruby-2.4.20-20021226.diff.bz2">bruby-2.4.20-20021226.diff.bz2 (length 241549)</A><BR> +<A HREF="bruby-2.4.20-20021226.diff.bz2">bruby-2.4.20-20021226.diff.bz2 (length 241549)</A><BR> kernel pacth 26-NOV-2002<br> -<A HREF="http://startx.times.lv/bruby-2.4.19-20021126.diff.bz2">bruby-2.4.19-20021126.diff.bz2 (length 241123)</A><BR> +<A HREF="bruby-2.4.19-20021126.diff.bz2">bruby-2.4.19-20021126.diff.bz2 (length 241123)</A><BR> Download XFree86 4.2.0 patch<br> -<A HREF="http://startx.times.lv/X420-patch">X420-patch (length 1030)</A><BR> +<A HREF="X420-patch">X420-patch (length 1030)</A><BR> +Download XFree86 4.2.99.3 patch<br> +<A HREF="XF4.3-pre.patch">XF4.3-pre.patch (length 935) localy stored</A><BR> Download precompiled X 4.2.0 server binary file, Build host Red Hat 7.2, kernel 2.4.9-13 , gcc 2.96<br> -<A HREF="http://startx.times.lv/XFree86-patched.bz2">XFree86-patched.bz2 (length 735408)</A><BR> +<A HREF="XFree86-patched.bz2">XFree86-patched.bz2 (length 735408)</A><BR> +Download precompiled X 4.2.99.3 server binary file, Build host Mandrake Cooker, kernel 2.4.20-bruby211202 , gcc 3.2.1 , glibc 2.3.1<br> +<A HREF="../X/XFree-4.2.99.3/XFree86-4.2.99.3.bz2">XFree86-4.2.99.3.bz2 (length 693780) localy stored</A><BR> +<BR> +<BR> +Older kernel patches<BR> +<A HREF="old/">(localy stored kernel patches)</A><BR> </BODY> </HTML> > linuxconsole.sf.net lead maintainer donot like XFree and multiple > framebuffer terminals > are not complete. Because framebuffer console code is messy , rather > 2.5.xx > ruby is broken, > but may work. > > As tetster You can test both versions, because code and troubles mostly > is > identic. > > Aivils Stoss > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Linuxconsole-dev mailing list > Lin...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxconsole-dev > |
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From: Svetoslav S. <ga...@st...> - 2003-01-05 19:05:16
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Quoting Wayne Whitney <wh...@ma...>: > Hello, > > Are there any instructions anywhere on setting up multi-desktop, > preferrably with current software (XFree86 4.2.99.x, kernel 2.5.x)? > From > scanning the list archives, it seems that multi-desktop has worked in > the > past but may not currently be working. If so, when was it most > recently > working? Any information would be appreciated, and I can help, if only > as > a tester. > > Cheers, Wayne i 'm really not shure about the status with 2.5.x, big part went in, but i think not everything from ruby, you can try pulling over cvs or bitkeeper cvs -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/linuxconsole login[enter ] cvs -z3 -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/linuxconsole co ruby or http://linuxconsole.bkbits.net/ and a pretty working 2.4 version is available thanks to Aivilis : http://startx.times.lv or some of he's mirrors http://people.debian.org/~andreas/aivils http://www.schuldei.org/aivils/ but with the 2.4 kernel you can have only multiple X user ( multiple framebuffer is not ported) the best info source i think is the Aivilis site, and of course the linux-console mailing lists, and http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net/ for this to work you'll have to patch XFree, Aivilis has patch and binary for XFree86-4.2, you can find it updated ( for 4.2.99.3 ) on my site: http://varna.demon.co.uk/~svetlio/X/XFree-4.2.99.3/ you can also check another hack to get it working with several XFree's http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/multiuser/ svetljo |
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From: Wayne W. <wh...@ma...> - 2003-01-24 21:33:13
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Hello, Sorry if this is an FAQ, but I couldn't find any archives for linuxconsole-dev or linux-input. I have an x86 machine with two keyboards, one PS/2 and one USB. Under linux 2.5.59, both keyboards work, and the console receives keystrokes from either one. However, I would like to bind the keyboards to separate devices, with only the PS/2 keystrokes going to the console. Then I could access the USB keyboard via /dev/input/eventX. How can I do this? Even better would be /dev/input/keyboardX, but I've not heard of that. If I disable CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT in my kernel configuration, then the USB keystrokes don't make it to the input layer, so the console doesn't get them. Of course, then they also don't show up in /dev/input/eventX. They do seem to show up in /dev/usb/hiddevX, but this device I'm not familiar with. For example, if I point XFree86 to my USB mouse on /dev/usb/hiddevX, it won't start up. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. I did look at the ruby CVS, but it seems to be against 2.5.51, and I'm also not clear on what to do with the CVS files. The BitKeeper repository is not accessible to me. Thanks, Wayne P.S. My application for this is to run a second X server, divorced from the VT system and using its own video card, keyboard and mouse, to achieve multidesktop without explicit kernel or X support. I understand that the 2.5 ruby multidesktop support is not quite there yet. |
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From: Vojtech P. <vo...@su...> - 2003-01-25 09:43:35
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On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 01:33:01PM -0800, Wayne Whitney wrote: > Hello, > > Sorry if this is an FAQ, but I couldn't find any archives for > linuxconsole-dev or linux-input. I have an x86 machine with two > keyboards, one PS/2 and one USB. Under linux 2.5.59, both keyboards work, > and the console receives keystrokes from either one. However, I would > like to bind the keyboards to separate devices, with only the PS/2 > keystrokes going to the console. Then I could access the USB keyboard via > /dev/input/eventX. How can I do this? Even better would be > /dev/input/keyboardX, but I've not heard of that. keyboardX isn't needed, since eventX gives you all the info. jsX and mouseX are there for backwards compatibility only, and there is no historical /dev device for keyboards. > If I disable CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT in my kernel configuration, then the USB > keystrokes don't make it to the input layer, so the console doesn't get > them. Of course, then they also don't show up in /dev/input/eventX. > They do seem to show up in /dev/usb/hiddevX, but this device I'm not > familiar with. For example, if I point XFree86 to my USB mouse on > /dev/usb/hiddevX, it won't start up. > > Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. I did look at the ruby CVS, > but it seems to be against 2.5.51, and I'm also not clear on what to do > with the CVS files. The BitKeeper repository is not accessible to me. > > Thanks, > Wayne > > P.S. My application for this is to run a second X server, divorced from > the VT system and using its own video card, keyboard and mouse, to achieve > multidesktop without explicit kernel or X support. I understand that the > 2.5 ruby multidesktop support is not quite there yet. Indeed, this cannot be easily done in 2.5 - the only reasonable way would be to modify drivers/char/keyboard.c: connect() function to only accept the PS/2 keyboard as a system keyboard by checking for the dev->phys field. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs |
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From: Wayne W. <wh...@ma...> - 2003-01-27 05:50:29
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On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 01:33:01PM -0800, Wayne Whitney wrote: > > > P.S. My application for this is to run a second X server, divorced > > from the VT system and using its own video card, keyboard and mouse, > > to achieve multidesktop without explicit kernel or X support. I > > understand that the 2.5 ruby multidesktop support is not quite there > > yet. > > Indeed, this cannot be easily done in 2.5 - the only reasonable way > would be to modify drivers/char/keyboard.c: connect() function to only > accept the PS/2 keyboard as a system keyboard by checking for the > dev->phys field. Ah, thank you, that makes that easy to do. However, looking at the XFree86 source code, I see that it assumes frequently that the console device provides keyboard input and can be used to control the VTs via ioctl()s. Would it be difficult to create a secondary device which provides only the keystrokes from the secondary keyboard and ignores the VT ioctl()s? Then I could modify XFree86 to to be able to use this alternate device as its console device fairly easily, I think. On a related note, is there a Input driver for XFree86 that groks the linux /dev/input/eventX protocol? Thanks, Wayne |
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From: Vojtech P. <vo...@su...> - 2003-01-27 09:18:26
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On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:50:11PM -0800, Wayne Whitney wrote: > On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 01:33:01PM -0800, Wayne Whitney wrote: > > > > > P.S. My application for this is to run a second X server, divorced > > > from the VT system and using its own video card, keyboard and mouse, > > > to achieve multidesktop without explicit kernel or X support. I > > > understand that the 2.5 ruby multidesktop support is not quite there > > > yet. > > > > Indeed, this cannot be easily done in 2.5 - the only reasonable way > > would be to modify drivers/char/keyboard.c: connect() function to only > > accept the PS/2 keyboard as a system keyboard by checking for the > > dev->phys field. > > Ah, thank you, that makes that easy to do. > > However, looking at the XFree86 source code, I see that it assumes > frequently that the console device provides keyboard input and can be used > to control the VTs via ioctl()s. Would it be difficult to create a > secondary device which provides only the keystrokes from the secondary > keyboard and ignores the VT ioctl()s? Then I could modify XFree86 to to > be able to use this alternate device as its console device fairly easily, > I think. I think there are already patches for this floating on the 'net. > On a related note, is there a Input driver for XFree86 that groks the > linux /dev/input/eventX protocol? Again, you may find some patches on the 'net, but there is no final one. Maybe somebode else on this list knows? -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs |
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From: Andreas S. <an...@sc...> - 2003-01-27 09:34:00
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* Vojtech Pavlik (vo...@su...) [030127 10:20]: > Again, you may find some patches on the 'net, but there is no final one. > > Maybe somebode else on this list knows? duh, i posted one on this list a while ago. Message-ID: <20021111175427.GA1404@lukas> |
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From: Wayne W. <wh...@ma...> - 2003-01-27 17:29:54
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On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > duh, i posted one on this list a while ago. Message-ID: > <20021111175427.GA1404@lukas> Thanks for the pointer. When I posted my original query, the archives at sf for linuxconsole-dev were temporarily down, I think. Your message is <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=2435159>, and you wrote on 2002-11-11: > This patch (written by Zephaniah E. Hull <warp@de...>) adds an event > interface to X. this is just for mice at the moment, but he works on > keyboards right now. Do you know if there is a newer version that works for keyboards? Also, the patch in the above URL is rather munged, is there anywhere to get an unmunged copy? Thanks, Wayne |
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