Re: multiXnest

[Aivils S. <ai...@un...>]

On Piektdiena, 4. Novembris 2005 21:36, Ander Conselvan de Oliveira wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We're writing to annouce a new multiseat solution: multiXnest. This
> solution is based on a modified Xnest server which reads it's input from
> the kernel event interface. This solution should work with any video
> card supported by the Xorg/Xfree86 X server.
>
> For the last weeks, we've been working to make this usable.
>
> A pre-compiled binary can be download from
> http://www.c3sl.ufpr.br/multiterminal/multiXnest .
>
> The patch include 7 new command line options to the orginal Xnest server:
>
> -kbd file              evdev file to read keyboard events
> -ptr file              evdev file to read pointer events
> -xkb-rules string      specify the XKB rules
> -xkb-layout string     specify the XKB layout
> -xkb-model string      specify the XKB model
> -xkb-variant string    specify the XKB variant
> -xkb-options string    specify the XKB options
>
> Know issues:
> - the keyboard mapping is incomplete,
> - keyboard leds don't work
> - multiXnest consumes more CPU than it should
>
> We use the multiXnest-wrapper script to start the X server because gdm
> always passes a vt option in the command line. This script also
> introduces an option to pass the .Xauthority file to use.

You can compare code :) Main difference - i use runtime modification.
Share half of your desktop right now. Xnest still is without cursor :(

Xnest :2 uses /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/X2-config.keyboard . May be -xkb-*
command line options became unnecessary, if this file is properly
configured.

Issues: same as above.

Aivils Stoss