Re: Multi-seat XFree solution under Linux with framebuffers.

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Quoting Stian Hartviksen <sti...@it...>:

> On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 11:40, shs...@st...
> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi it may sound a bit like critics,
> > but what did you changed in the Miguel Freitas patch, How-To ...
> > i read your How-To and i don't seem to find any difference,
> > except that you tottaly disable VT switching and 
> > the PCI resourse management (access disable functions),
> > the last one wasn't seen good from the XFree people.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > svetljo 
> >  
> 
> Hi, Svetljo.
> 
> There are not that many changes from Miguel Freitas, but the main
> difference from our point of view is that we now can use Framebuffer
> drivers with Multi-seat.
> 
> The patch from Miguel Freitas was removing all the framebuffer stuff,

i don't think so:
have you looked at the explanation about G450,
it's useing just FB's
http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/multiuser/g450.html

i got this way a Matrox G550DH for 2 X users,
but useing plain FB X drivers means no accel, so ...
 
> and we have just removed some parts of it instead. We had to disable
> the
> VT Switching and PCI Resource management to get more than one active
> X-Server at the same time.
> 
> If you know of any other way to do this (in a better way), please send
> me a note!

i think the way Miguel used for the PCI resource managment was better,
and i don't know a better way. This method( the one from Miguel ) was found by 
some NetBSD users, and is used by backstreet ruby: http://startx.times.lv/

regards,

svetljo