Re: Newbie seeks help

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

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> Hi there.
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> I have a machine with multipul VGA cards, and USB, I would love to set
> this up so that I can have several people use this in console mode, each
> tty on a seperate monitor and usb Keyboard and mouse? 
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> I spoke to one kernel hacker and they said it wasn't possible. Are they
> right?
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if you have checked the archives, you would know 
that it's possible and is used by a bunch of people
:-)

so here are some links that should inform you how to 
get it up and running

http://startx.times.lv/
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO/
http://disjunkt.com/dualhead/

there is also another aproach, but i consider it as a hack
not that much a solution
(while the above IMHO should become part of linux-2.7/2.8)
http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/multiuser/

you may also want to chack this url
http://www.c3sl.ufpr.br/fourhead/index-en.php

best,

svetljo