Re: Multihead in Debian/Debian-based distro and 64-bits?

[drbista <dr...@ep...>]

On Thursday 06 January 2005 10:43, you wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 19:25, drbista wrote:
> > Dear friends:
> >
> > Many greetings! I have created a dualhead in FC1 (thanks to Zoli). But I
> > am trying to create one in Debian/Debian-based distro SimplyMEPIS. Before
> > proceeding I have a few questions:
> >
> > 1) I have installed LTSP (ltsp.org) and three different terminals are
> > being used in the current machine (PIII 1GHz 256MB). Could the ltsp and
> > multihead coexist in the same machine? Anyone has experience?
>
> 	yes offcourse, it will coexists. But there may b some problem due to
> lower memory and processor.

Thanks. Have you ever tried with both (ltsp+multihead) on the same machine? 
BTW which distro you are using for multihead?

>
> > 2) I have seen instructions for debian multihead at
> > http://www.c3sl.ufpr.br/fourhead/howto-en.php but it does not mention of
> > the pci_isolate_device_feature.diff
> > (http://www.ltn.lv/~aivils/files/080_pci_isolate_device_feature.diff) as
> > stated in Aivils' site (http://www.ltn.lv/~aivils/eng-down.html). Any
> > idea?
>
> 	which kernel versioon r u using?. I am using 2.6.7 patched with
> 2.6.7-ruby patch. Also i got a prepatched-precompiled version of Xserver
> with prefbus id(I don't remembner from which site i got these things).

But I didn't see any mention of patched X server at c3sl site. And even Mr. 
Aivils Stoss specifically stated at  http://www.ltn.lv/~aivils/eng-xf.html 
that  "Since 15-MAY-2003 kernel patch You need not to recompile XFree86"

In any case, does anyone know where can I find the precompiled X-server for 
debian?

>
> > 3) Whether it is necessary to make changes in the display manager? In my
> > current SimplyMEPIS (debian-based) distro, I am using kdm. When creating
> > multihead with FC1, I do remember that I made changes at gdm.conf under
> > [servers].
>
> 	I am using gdm, i made necessary changes to gdm.conf

Anyone has any idea what are the changes to be made in kdmrc or other kdm 
related files? I checked 
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO/examples_dm.html but 
there is no mention of kdm-related stuffs besides gdm and xdm.

>
> > 4) I have acquired with much difficulty a PCI VGA card from Tseng labs
> > (ET6000 22a26K650). Does anyone have any experience about this card
> > working with multihead?
>
> 	i didn't used such a card.

Never mind!

>
> > 5) May I have some contacts or sites which is peculiarly working on the
> > 64-bit linux multiheads? Of course I know my dear friend Zoli from
> > Hungary who has been active in FC3, but I want to know more who has been
> > involved in debian or debian-based distros.
>
> 	You can get much more help on Multi monitor setup from many
> sites(especially back street ruby site)

Any specific 64-bit multihead sites?

>
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