Multiseat supported by Xorg or not?

[Friedrich W. H. K. <Fri...@ko...>]

Am Dienstag 15 November 2005 11:41, schrieb Aivils Stoss:
> On Ceturtdiena, 10. Novembris 2005 09:51, Helge Hafting wrote:
> > Aivils Stoss wrote:
> > >On Tre=C5=A1diena, 9. Novembris 2005 13:38, Ander Conselvan de Oliveir=
a wrote:
> > >>Helge Hafting wrote:
> > >>>Ander Conselvan de Oliveira wrote:
> > >>>>Helge Hafting wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>Well, ordinary x.org (from debian and several others) is capable of
> > >>>using several pointers and keyboards.  (One pointer+kbd per seat.)
> > >>>That's why I asked - I already run such a setup. :-)
> > >>
> > >>That's the point. The x.org was modified to allow multiseat. But this
> > >> is a hack. The whole thing is made so that just one instance of the
> > >> server is controlling all the hardware. The right way to do it, would
> > >> be implement something like RAC into the kernel.
> > >
> > >Yep. That Debian modification is not acepted by X men. It is nonpro
> > > solution as all as i provide. I think working state is a lucky case
> > > more than regularity, even so many peoples use it.
> >
> > Hm.  Do those "X-men" have a long-term plan for a better
> > solution than the working one they don't like?
>
> Someone should make public a political volition about multi seat, like
> petition to Xorg "We want to live as humans".
> I have read discussions about multi seat. two anti conditions are
> notified allways:
> 1) multiple X cannot manage hardware resources.
> 2) _nonstandard_ solution increase costs anyway, even if hardware is
> cheaper.
>
> standard or nonstandard is a public opinition only. At least i do not
> know how to ISO commite,ANSI,DIN defines a PC.

Hm, I wonder what relation these comments have to the attached emails from =
=20
xo...@li... just yesterday.

Regards
=46riedrich