From: Tiago V. <tv...@c3...> - 2006-07-28 19:19:28
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Mikhail Kshevetskiy escreveu: > Hello, >=20 >> I am trying to create multiheads on a slack-based ZenWalk machine. I t= ried >> to follow the c3sl hack with Xephyr, but it crashes with 'no screen fo= und' >> message when X server is booting and hangs. >> >> I came across the faketty, Xnest and Xephyr than the Ruby kernel patch >> method. Also came across userful stuff, but do not want to use because= it >> is proprietary. >> >> Could anyone suggest me which is the best way to create a multihead in >> slackware? Anyone has experience? Actually, I am a bit confused with >> slackware because the init.d in debian/RH is not there and rc.d is the= re >> and c3sl is mainly based on the debian platform. >> >> I have chosen Zenwalk.org because it seemed to run faster than anythin= g I >> came across except kanotix (but it is woody based, not sarge). Suggest= ion >> solicited. >=20 > I use it for ages. Initially it was a variation of Miguel Freitas metho= d > (X11 evdev support) with isolate device X11 patch from backstreet ruby > project. It works, but require some triks during setup. Things become m= ore > simple with xorg-6.9 release (slackware-current). Currently it require: > 1) change xorg configuration file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) > 2) change X desktop manager configuration file (i use xdm, so i > modify /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers) > 3) create 2 simlinks > ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg /usr/X11R6/bin/X0 > ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg /usr/X11R6/bin/X1 >=20 Fine, but you forgot to say that this model is hardware restricted. It=20 only works with a certain combination of graphic cards (only nvidia=20 AFAIK, though I saw in your config file that Matrox works too). For non=20 dependence you may the nested multiseat (Xephyr and Xnest). > See the the sample of configuration files in attachment. >=20 > Mikhail Kshevetskiy >=20 >=20 --=20 Tiago Vignatti C3SL - Centro de Computa=E7=E3o Cient=EDfica e Software Livre www.c3sl.ufpr.br |