Kernel patching (Ruby) newbie

[Chris C. <ca...@ar...>]

Hello,

At the moment I'm just looking for some advice on where to start. I have
built kernels from source before but I have never patched one.

I would like to setup a 2.6 based system (although I will look at
another kernel if it is easier for learning) with at least two users
(through extra keyboard, mouse and monitor). I have only just started
playing around with Xinerama. 

I did see the "Multiple local XFree users under Linux" article
(http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/multiuser/) but decided to stop
following that path when I found out about this project.

Which kernel version should I use? How do I pull the needed files down
from CVS and apply the patch? If I have missed a howto somewhere please
point me to it.

Will I need to make changes to XFree86 as well?

I'm running Debian Sid if that makes any difference.

regards,

Chris Caston